1954 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1954 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1954 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Lloyd Jordan, the Crimson compiled a 4–3–1 record and outscored opponents 108 to 97. J. Timothy Anderson was the team captain.^[1]

Record4–3–1 (3–2–1 Ivy)

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1954 Ivy League football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Yale	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Cornell	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Brown	2	–	1	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Harvard	3	–	2	–	1	4	–	3	–	1
Princeton	4	–	3	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Dartmouth	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Columbia	1	–	5	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Penn	0	–	2	–	0	0	–	9	–	0

The Ivy League did not crown an official champion until 1956 when full league play began.

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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	Massachusetts	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 7–13	15,800	^[2]
October 9	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 13–12	19,000	^[3]
October 16	Columbia	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 6–7	13,500	^[4]
October 23	Dartmouth	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 7–13	32,000	^[5]
October 30	Ohio	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 27–13	6,500	^[6]
November 6	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 14–9	30,000	^[7]
November 13	Brown	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	T 21–21	21,000	^[8]
November 20	Yale	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	W 13–9	40,000	^[9]

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