2007 Harvard Crimson football team

The 2007 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Under 14th-year head coach Tim Murphy, the Crimson compiled an 8–2 record and went undefeated in Ivy League play, winning the conference championship.

2007 Harvard Crimson football
Ivy League champion
ConferenceIvy League
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 21
2007 record8–2 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoel Lamb (2nd season)
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
2007 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 21 Harvard $  7 –0     8 –2  
No. 22 Yale  6 –1     9 –1  
Brown  4 –3     5 –5  
Penn  3 –4     4 –6  
Princeton  3 –4     4 –6  
Dartmouth  3 –4     3 –7  
Cornell  2 –5     5 –5  
Columbia  0 –7     1 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The team was ranked 21 in the Final poll standings for the FCS football season.[1]

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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15at Holy Cross*
L 31–2810,942[2]
September 22Brown
W 24-1718,898[3]
September 29at Lehigh*
L 20–139,103[4]
October 6at Cornell
W 32–1510,619[5]
October 13Lafayette*
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 27-1710,001[6]
October 20Princeton
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
W 27–1012,005[7]
October 27Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
W 28–2111,005[8]
November 3at Columbia
W 27–122,283[9]
November 10Penn
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
W 23–710,116[10]
November 17at No. 11 Yale
W 37–657,248[11]

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References
  1. "Final Sports Network's 2007 FCS College Football Poll". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2008.
  2. Benbow, Julian (September 16, 2007). "Crusaders Can't Be Closed Out". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C19 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Vega, Michael (September 23, 2007). "Harvard Electrifying Under Lights". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C21 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Schlegel, Bradley (September 30, 2007). "Mountain Hawks Get Drop on Crimson". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C19 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Ramsay, Ethan (October 7, 2007). "Crimson Receive Star Efforts". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D15 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Larson, Craig (October 14, 2007). "Crimson Pick Apart Lafayette". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D11 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Larson, Craig (October 21, 2007). "Harvard's Pizzotti Stars at Improv; Princeton Cannot Contain Quarterback". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D13 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Malloy, Daniel (October 28, 2007). "Big Green Were Ripe for Picking". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D14 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Denman, Elliott (November 4, 2007). "Lions Cannot Stop Crimson". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. F18 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Scandura, Mike (November 11, 2007). "Injuries Take Penn Out Early". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. E15 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Hine, Tommy (November 18, 2007). "Bowl Licking for Yale: Harvard Dominates to Win Ivy League". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. E1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Harvard 2007 Schedule - Crimson Home and Away - ESPN
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