2004 Harvard Crimson football team

The 2004 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Harvard finished the season with an overall record of 10–0, winning the Ivy league championship with a conference mark of 7–0.

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Record10–0 (7–0 Ivy)

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2004 Ivy League football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 13 Harvard $	7	–	0	10	–	0
No. 21 Penn	6	–	1	8	–	2
Cornell	4	–	3	4	–	6
Brown	3	–	4	6	–	4
Princeton	3	–	4	5	–	5
Yale	3	–	4	5	–	5
Dartmouth	1	–	6	1	–	9
Columbia	1	–	6	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	12:30 p.m.	Holy Cross*		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA		W 35–0	9,513	^[1]
September 25	12:00 p.m.	at Brown		Brown Stadium Providence, RI		W 35–34	9,278	^[2]
October 2	1:00 p.m.	at Lafayette*		Fisher Field Easton, PA	LSN	W 38–23	5,365	^[3]
October 9	12:30 p.m.	Cornell		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA		W 34–24	13,334	^[4]
October 16	12:30 p.m.	No. 19 Northeastern*		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA		W 24–17	11,809	^[5]
October 23	1:00 p.m.	at Princeton	No. 22	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)		W 39–14	14,304	^[6]
October 30	12:30 p.m.	at Dartmouth	No. 21	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)		W 13–12	6,030	^[7]
November 6	12:00 p.m.	Columbia	No. 16	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA		W 38–0	10,046	^[8]
November 13	1:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Penn	No. 15	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	CN8	W 31–10	15,123	^[9]
November 20	12:30 p.m.	Yale	No. 13	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)		W 35–3	30,308	^[10]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
The Sports Network	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	22	21	16	15	13 (1)	12 (2)	13

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	0	0	0	0	0
Crimson	7	22	6	0	35

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Holy Cross	Passing	John O'Neil	10/26, 70 yards, 2 INT
	Rushing	Steven Silva	5 rushes, 31 yards
	Receiving	Brian Gavin	3 reception, 19 yards
Harvard	Passing	Ryan Fitzpatrick	7/15, 79 yards
	Rushing	Clifton Dawson	21 rushes, 184 yards, 3 TD
	Receiving	Brian Edwards	3 receptions, 28 yards

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Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Cornell	Passing	D. J. Busch	16/38, 285 yards, TD
	Rushing	Andre Hardaway	28 rushes, 130 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Chad Nice	4 receptions, 122 yards, TD
Harvard	Passing	Ryan Fitzpatrick	19/35, 317 yards, 2 TD, INT
	Rushing	Ryan Fitzpatrick	17 rushes, 102 yards, TD
	Receiving	Corey Mazza	9 receptions, 194 yards, 2 TD

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Red	0	14	10	0	24
Crimson	6	15	6	7	34

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 22 Crimson	3	19	0	17	39
Tigers	14	0	0	0	14

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 21 Crimson	0	10	0	3	13
Big Green	0	0	6	6	12

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	0	0	0	0
No. 16 Crimson	14	7	17	0	38