1889 Harvard Crimson football team

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The 1889 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1889 college football season. The Crimson finished with a 9–2 record. The team won its first ten games by a combined score of 404–6, but lost its last two games, against Princeton and Yale, giving up 41 points against Princeton.[1][2]

ConferenceIndependent
Record9–2
Headcoach
  • None
Quick facts Harvard Crimson football, Conference ...
1889 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainArthur Cumnock
Home stadiumJarvis Field
Seasons
← 1888
1890 â†’
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1889 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Princeton â€“ 10–0–0
Massachusetts â€“ 2–0–0
Yale â€“ 15–1–0
Harvard â€“ 9–2–0
Franklin & Marshall â€“ 5–1–1
Dickinson â€“ 4–1–1
Navy â€“ 4–1–1
Tufts â€“ 3–1–0
Lehigh â€“ 8–3–2
Cornell â€“ 8–4–0
Penn â€“ 7–6–0
Brown â€“ 2–2–0
Penn State â€“ 2–2–0
Wesleyan â€“ 5–7–1
Bucknell â€“ 2–3–1
Lafayette â€“ 3–4–2
Columbia â€“ 2–7–2
Fordham â€“ 1–3–0
Rutgers â€“ 1–4–0
NYU â€“ 0–2–0
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Three Harvard players were selected as first-team players on the 1889 All-America college football team: end and team Arthur Cumnock, halfback James P. Lee, and guard John Cranston.[3]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2 Phillips ExeterW 28–0 [4]
October 5 Stevens
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 28–4 [5]
October 12 Dartmouth
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA (rivalry)
W 38–0 [6]
October 164:00 p.m. MIT
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 62–0 [7][8]
October 19 Williams
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 41–0 [9]
October 23 Phillips Academy Cambridge, MAW 41–0 [10]
October 263:15 p.m. Wesleyan
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 64–0 [11]
November 2 Penn
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 35–02,000[12][13]
November 9vs. WesleyanW 67–2 [14]
November 162:45 p.m. Princeton
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA (rivalry)
L 15–4110,000[15][16][17]
November 232:00 p.m.vs. Yale
  • Hampden Park
  • Springfield, MA (rivalry)
L 0–615,000[18][19]
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