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The 1951 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1951 college football season. In their second year under head coach Lloyd Jordan, the Crimson compiled a 3–5–1 record and were outscored 266 to 143. Carroll M. Lowenstein and Warren D. Wylie were the team captains.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Headcoach
Captains
  • Carroll M. Lowenstein
  • Warren D. Wylie
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1951 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5–1
Head coach
Captains
  • Carroll M. Lowenstein
  • Warren D. Wylie
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Seasons
 1950
1952 
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1951 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Bucknell  900
No. 6 Princeton  900
Susquehanna  600
Trenton State  600
Northeastern  601
No. 19 Holy Cross  820
Carnegie Tech  620
Hofstra  621
Cornell  630
No. 16 Boston University  640
Temple  640
Columbia  530
Villanova  530
Fordham  540
Franklin & Marshall  540
Penn  540
Penn State  540
Syracuse  540
Buffalo  440
Colgate  450
Dartmouth  450
Drexel  340
Harvard  351
Boston College  360
Yale  252
Pittsburgh  370
Geneva  250
Army  270
Brown  270
NYU  170
Tufts  072
Rankings from AP Poll
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Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22 Springfield
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 21–13 10,000 [2]
September 29 Holy Cross
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 6–33 24,000 [3]
October 6 at Columbia L 0–35 15,000 [4]
October 13 at No. 17 Cornell L 6–42 20,000 [5]
October 20 Army
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 22–21 14,000 [6]
October 27 Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 20–26 20,000 [7]
November 10 No. 4 Princeton
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 13–54 22,000 [8]
November 17 Brown
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 34–21 12,000 [9]
November 24 at Yale T 21–21 43,000 [10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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