2019 Harvard Crimson football team
American college football season
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The 2019 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by 26th-year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They finished the season 4–6 overall and 2–5 in Ivy League play to tie for sixth place. Harvard averaged 10,812 fans per game.
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–6 (2–5 Ivy)
Headcoach
- Tim Murphy (26th season)
OffensivecoordinatorJoel Lamb (14th season)
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 The Crimson defeated Cornell, 35-22 | |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 4–6 (2–5 Ivy) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Joel Lamb (14th season) |
| Offensive scheme | Spread |
| Defensive coordinator | Scott Larkee (11th season) |
| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Harvard Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Dartmouth + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Yale + | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 2 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 21 | 4:00 pm | at San Diego* | WCC Network | L 23–31 | 2,607 | |
| September 27 | 7:00 p.m. | Brown | ESPNews | W 42–7 | 10,088 | |
| October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | Howard* |
| ESPN+ | W 62–17 | 8,234 |
| October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | Cornell |
| ESPN+ | W 35–22 | 7,513 |
| October 19 | 1:00 p.m. | at Holy Cross* | PLN | W 31–21 | 10,381 | |
| October 26 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 13 Princeton | ESPN+ | L 24–30 | 9,078 | |
| November 2 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 15 Dartmouth |
| ESPN+ | L 6–9 | 20,112 |
| November 9 | 1:00 p.m. | at Columbia | ESPN+/SNY | L 10–17 OT | 4,739 | |
| November 16 | 12:00 p.m. | Penn |
| ESPN+/NESN | L 20–24 | 8,113 |
| November 23 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 24 Yale | ESPNU | L 43–50 2OT | 44,989 | |
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Preseason
Preseason media poll
The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Crimson were picked to finish in fourth place.[3]
Game summaries
At San Diego
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Crimson | 0 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 23 |
| Toreros | 10 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
Brown
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bears | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Crimson | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
Howard
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bison | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Crimson | 7 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 62 |
Cornell
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Big Red | 7 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 22 |
| Crimson | 7 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 35 |
At Holy Cross
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Crimson | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
| Crusaders | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
At Princeton
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Crimson | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
| No. 13 Tigers | 10 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 30 |
Dartmouth
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 15 Big Green | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| Crimson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
At Columbia
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total | |
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| Crimson | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Lions | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
Penn
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Quakers | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Crimson | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
At Yale
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total | |
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| Crimson | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 43 |
| No. 24 Bulldogs | 3 | 0 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 50 |
