2017 Harvard Crimson football team
American college football season
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The 2017 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 24th-year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 5–5 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play to tie for fifth place. Harvard averaged 10,411 fans per game.
- Tim Murphy (24th season)
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 5–5 (3–4 Ivy) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Joel Lamb (12th season) |
| Offensive scheme | Spread |
| Defensive coordinator | Scott Larkee (9th season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Harvard Stadium |
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| No. 24 Yale $ | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 0 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
The 2017 schedule consisted of five home games and five away games. The Crimson hosted Ivy League foes Brown, Princeton, Dartmouth, and Penn, and traveled to Cornell, Columbia, and Yale for the 134th edition of Harvard–Yale football rivalry. Harvard's non-conference opponents were Rhode Island of the Colonial Athletic Association, and Georgetown and Lafayette of the Patriot League.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at Rhode Island* | L 10–17 | 3,812 | ||
| September 23 | Noon | Brown | NESN+ | W 45–28 | 10,651 | |
| September 30 | 2:00 p.m. | at Georgetown* | STADIUM | W 41–2 | 3,256 | |
| October 7 | 1:30 p.m. | at Cornell | ELVN | L 14–17 | 7,313 | |
| October 14 | Noon | Lafayette* |
| NESN | W 38–10 | 10,025 |
| October 20 | 7:30 p.m. | Princeton |
| NBCSN | L 17–52 | 10,114 |
| October 28 | Noon | Dartmouth |
| NESN | W 25–22 | 11,143 |
| November 4 | 1:00 p.m. | at Columbia | ELVN | W 21–14 | 7,011 | |
| November 11 | Noon | Penn |
| NESN+ | L 6–23 | 10,122 |
| November 18 | 12:30 p.m. | at Yale | CNBC | L 3–24 | 51,426 | |
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Game summaries
Rhode Island
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Harvard | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Rhode Island | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
at Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI
- Date: September 16
- Game time: 1:00 p.m.
- Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C); nice, breezy
- Game attendance: 3,812
- Referee: M. Sechrist
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Brown
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 28 |
| Harvard | 14 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 45 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
- Date: September 23
- Game time: Noon
- Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C); partly cloudy
- Game attendance: 10,651
- Referee: C. Jebran
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Georgetown
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Harvard | 14 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 41 |
| Georgetown | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
at Cooper Field • Washington, D.C.
- Date: September 16
- Game time: 2:00 p.m.
- Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); partly cloudy
- Game attendance: 3,256
- Referee: M. Overton
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Cornell
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Harvard | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Cornell | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
at Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY
- Date: October 7
- Game time: 1:30 p.m.
- Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C); partly cloudy
- Game attendance: 7,313
- Referee: J. Gansiejewski
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Lafayette
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Lafayette | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Harvard | 14 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
- Date: October 14
- Game time: Noon
- Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); cloudy
- Game attendance: 10,025
- Referee: T. Kichline
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Princeton
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Princeton | 10 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 52 |
| Harvard | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
- Date: October 20
- Game time: 7:30 p.m.
- Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); warm, breezy
- Game attendance: 10,114
- Referee: M. Sechrist
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Dartmouth
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Dartmouth | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 22 |
| Harvard | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
- Date: October 28
- Game time: Noon
- Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); cloudy
- Game attendance: 11,143
- Referee: H. Wimberg
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Columbia
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Harvard | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Columbia | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium • New York, NY
- Date: November 4
- Game time: 1:00 p.m.
- Game weather: 55 °F (13 °C); mix of clouds and sun
- Game attendance: 7,011
- Referee: K. Hudson
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Penn
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Penn | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| Harvard | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
- Date: November 11
- Game time: Noon
- Game weather: 38 °F (3 °C); sunny, breezy
- Game attendance: 10,122
- Referee: W. Boyd
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Yale
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Harvard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yale | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
- Date: November 18
- Game time: 12:30 p.m.
- Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C); cloudy
- Game attendance: 51,426
- Referee: H. Johns
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