1892 Harvard Crimson football team

1892 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record10–1
Head coach
CaptainBernard Trafford
Home stadiumJarvis Field
Harvard unleashing a flying wedge on Yale in the final game of the 1892 season. The formation was subsequently outlawed for safety reasons.
1892 Eastern college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale   –   13 – 0 – 0
Washington & Jefferson   –   4 – 0 – 0
Colgate   –   3 – 0 – 0
Penn   –   15 – 1 – 0
Cornell   –   10 – 1 – 0
  –   10 – 1 – 0
Princeton   –   12 – 2 – 0
Penn State   –   5 – 1 – 0
Tufts   –   8 – 2 – 0
Navy   –   5 – 2 – 0
Army   –   3 – 1 – 1
Swarthmore   –   7 – 3 – 0
Western Univ. Penn.   –   4 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   4 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   4 – 4 – 2
Bucknell   –   2 – 2 – 0
Fordham   –   2 – 2 – 0
Stevens   –   1 – 1 – 0
Lafayette   –   5 – 7 – 0
Massachusetts   –   4 – 6 – 2
Rutgers   –   3 – 5 – 1
Geneva   –   2 – 4 – 0
Lehigh   –   3 – 6 – 0
Wesleyan   –   1 – 7 – 1
Syracuse   –   0 – 8 – 1
Drexel   –   0 – 1 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 1 – 0

The 1892 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1892 college football season. The Crimson finished with a 10–1 record. The team won its first 10 games by a combined score of 365 to 36, but lost its final game against Yale by a 6–0 score.[1][2]

Five Harvard players were selected as consensus All-Americans: end Frank Hallowell, tackle Marshall Newell, guard Bert Waters, center William H. Lewis, and fullback Charley Brewer.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1 Dartmouth
W 48–0 [3]
October 5 Exeter Cambridge, MAW 62–0 [4]
October 8 Amherst
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 26–0 [5]
October 15 Williams
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 55–0 [6]
October 22 Boston Athletic Association
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 40–0almost 3,000[7]
October 26 Chicago Athletic Association
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 32–04,000[8][9]
October 29 Amherst
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 32–10 [10]
November 2 MIT
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 34–0 [11]
November 5 Cornell
W 20–14 [12]
November 8 Boston Athletic Association Cambridge, MAW 16–12 [13]
November 19at Yale
  • Hampden Park
  • Springfield, MA (rivalry)
L 0–620,000[14]

References

  1. ^ "1892 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. ^ "Harvard Won: First Game of the Season at Cambridge". The Boston Globe. October 2, 1892. p. 2 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  4. ^ "Exeter Outclassed: Harvard's Eleven Won by a Score of 62 to 0". The Boston Globe. October 6, 1892. p. 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  5. ^ "No Easy Task: Harvard's Victory Won by Hard Work; Amherst Makes a Good Showing on Jarvis Field". The Boston Globe. October 9, 1892. p. 1 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  6. ^ "Full of Life: First Half of Harvard-Williams Game". The Boston Globe. October 16, 1892. p. 4 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  7. ^ "B.A.A. Beaten: Harvard Scores 40 Points in 45 Minutes". The Boston Globe. October 23, 1892. p. 4 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  8. ^ "By 32 Points". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 27, 1892. p. 1. Retrieved November 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "By 32 Points (continued)". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 27, 1892. p. 7. Retrieved November 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Amhest Scores: Harvard's Opponents Make Two Touchdowns". The Boston Globe. October 30, 1892. p. 4 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  11. ^ "In the Mud: Harvard and M.I.T. Meet on Jarvis Field". The Boston Globe. November 3, 1892. p. 3 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  12. ^ "Many Surprises: Harvard Defeats Cornell by Only Six Points; Ithacans Score Three Times on Hampden Park". The Boston Globe. November 6, 1892. p. 4 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  13. ^ "Harvard, 16; B.A.A., 12: The Game Was as Humiliating as a Defeat Would Have Been -- Crimson Growing Worse Daily". Boston Post. November 9, 1882. p. 7 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  14. ^ "Proud Blue: It Waves Triumphant Over the Crimson; Yale Beats Harvard by Score of 6-0". The Boston Globe. November 20, 1892. p. 1 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
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