1943 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1943 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1943 college football season. In its first season under head coach Henry N. Lamar, the team compiled a 2–2–1 record and was outscored 39-34 by opponents. Lloyd M. Anderson was the team captain.[1]

1943 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
1943 record2–2–1
Head coach
CaptainLloyd M. Anderson
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
1943 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Boston College      4 0 1
Franklin & Marshall      7 1 0
Dartmouth      6 1 0
No. 11 Army      7 2 1
Holy Cross      6 2 0
Tufts      6 2 0
No. 20 Penn      6 2 1
Brown      5 3 0
Villanova      5 3 0
Colgate      5 3 1
Penn State      5 3 1
Bucknell      6 4 0
Cornell      6 4 0
Harvard      2 2 1
Yale      4 5 0
Pittsburgh      3 5 0
Temple      2 6 0
Princeton      1 6 0
Carnegie Tech      0 4 1
Columbia      0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

For 1943, and again in 1944, rather than scheduling its usual mix of Ivy League opponents and national college football powerhouses, Harvard played a shorter schedule of smaller New England colleges and military teams. Its football record book describes these two World War II-era seasons as "informal".[1]

Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2 at Camp Edwards
W 7–0 10,000 [2]
October 9 Worcester Tech
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 0–13 8,000 [3]
November 6 Camp Edwards
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 14–7 [1]
November 13 Tufts
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 7–13 10,000 [4]
November 20 Boston College
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
T 6–6 45,000 [5]

References

  1. "Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "Harvard Club Upsets Camp Edwards, 7 to 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. October 3, 1943. p. 24 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Harvard Is Upset by Worcester, 13-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 10, 1943. p. S3.
  4. "Tufts Rally Tops Harvard, 13 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. November 14, 1943. p. S3.
  5. "45,000 See Harvard Rally to Tie Boston College, 6-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. November 21, 1943. p. S3.
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