1982 Harvard Crimson football team
American college football season
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The 1982 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Crimson were one of three co-champions of the Ivy League.
| 1982 Harvard Crimson football | |
|---|---|
Ivy League co-champion | |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 7–3 (5–2 Ivy) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Greg Brown |
| Home stadium | Harvard Stadium |
In their 12th year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents 259 to 136. Greg Brown was the team captain.[1]
Harvard's 5–2 conference record put it in a three-way tie atop the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 191 to 88.[2] Despite having the best in-conference and overall point differentials of the three, Harvard lost its head-to-head matchups against both of its co-champions, Dartmouth and Penn.
This was Harvard's first year in Division I-AA, after having competed in the top-level Division I-A and its predecessors since 1873.
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 18 | Columbia |
| W 27–16 | 8,500 | [3] | |||
| September 25 | UMass* |
| W 31–14 | 12,500 | [4] | |||
| October 2 | 2:00 p.m. | at Army* | L 13–17 | 39,830 | [5] | |||
| October 9 | Cornell |
| W 25–13 | 8,000 | [6] | |||
| October 16 | at Dartmouth | L 12–14 | 17,416 | [7] | ||||
| October 23 | at Princeton | W 27–15 | 19,824 | [8] | ||||
| October 30 | Brown |
| W 34–0 | 18,000 | [9] | |||
| November 6 | at No. 7 Holy Cross* |
| W 24–17 | 20,681 | [10] | |||
| November 13 | at Penn | L 21–23 | 34,746 | [11] | ||||
| November 20 | Yale |
| W 45–7 | 40,000 | [12] | |||
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