2019 Harvard Crimson football team

The 2019 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by 26th-year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They finished the season 4–6 overall and 2–5 in Ivy League play to tie for sixth place.

2019 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIvy League
2019 record4–6 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoel Lamb (14th season)
Defensive coordinatorScott Larkee (11th season)
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
(Capacity: 30,323)
Uniform
2019 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 22 Dartmouth +  6 1     9 1  
No. 25 Yale +  6 1     9 1  
Princeton  5 2     8 2  
Penn  3 4     5 5  
Cornell  3 4     4 6  
Harvard  2 5     4 6  
Columbia  2 5     3 7  
Brown  1 6     2 8  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from STATS Poll
The Crimson defeated Cornell, 35-22

Previous season

The Crimson finished the 2018 season 6–4, 4–3 in Ivy League play to finish in third place.

Preseason

Preseason media poll

The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Crimson were picked to finish in fourth place.[1]

Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Yale119 (9)
2Dartmouth111 (2)
3Princeton107 (4)
4Harvard93 (1)
5Penn67
6Columbia61 (1)
7Cornell29
8Brown24

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 214:00 pmat San Diego*WCC NetworkL 23–312,607
September 277:00 p.m.BrownESPNewsW 42–710,088
October 51:00 p.m.Howard*
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
ESPN+W 62–178,234
October 121:00 p.m.Cornell
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
ESPN+W 35–227,513
October 191:00 p.m.at Holy Cross*PLNW 31–2110,381
October 261:00 p.m.at No. 13 PrincetonESPN+L 24–309,078
November 21:00 p.m. No. 15 Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
ESPN+L 6–920,112
November 91:00 p.m.at ColumbiaESPN+/SNYL 10–17 OT4,739
November 16NoonPenn
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
ESPN+/NESNL 20–248,113
November 23Noonat No. 24 YaleESPNUL 43–50 2OT44,989

[2]

Game summaries

at San Diego

1 2 3 4 Total
Crimson 0 0 7 16 23
Toreros 10 14 7 0 31

Brown

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 7 0 0 0 7
Crimson 7 14 7 14 42

Howard

1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 3 0 7 7 17
Crimson 7 34 14 7 62

Cornell

1 2 3 4 Total
Big Red 7 3 0 12 22
Crimson 7 21 0 7 35

at Holy Cross

1 2 3 4 Total
Crimson 17 7 7 0 31
Crusaders 7 0 7 7 21

at Princeton

1 2 3 4 Total
Crimson 0 14 0 10 24
No. 13 Tigers 10 0 13 7 30

Dartmouth

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Big Green 0 3 0 6 9
Crimson 3 0 0 3 6

at Columbia

1 2 3 4OT Total
Crimson 7 0 0 30 10
Lions 0 7 0 37 17

Penn

1 2 3 4 Total
Quakers 7 3 7 7 24
Crimson 7 6 7 0 20

at Yale

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Crimson 3 12 14 770 43
No. 24 Bulldogs 3 0 16 1777 50

References

  1. "Yale Named League Favorite in 2019 Football Preseason Poll". ivyleague.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  2. "2019 Harvard Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
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