1874–75 Harvard Crimson football team explained

Year:1874
Team:Harvard Crimson
Sport:football
Conference:Independent
Record:1–1
Head Coach:None
Captain:Arthur B. Ellis
Stadium:Jarvis Field
Champion:Co-national champion (Davis)

The 1874–75 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1874 college football season. The team finished with a 1–1 record and was retroactively named co-national champion by Parke H. Davis.[1] The team captain was Arthur B. Ellis.[2]

After the first rugby football game in the United States was played by McGill University visiting Harvard in May 1874, Harvard traveled to Montreal for another rugby style game in October. No goals were scored, the game ended in a 0 - 0 tie, but Harvard had scored three tries to win the game in front of 2,000 spectators.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Poll Champions . National Collegiate Athletic Association . 2017 . NCAA Division I Football Records . 110 . December 31, 2017.
  2. Web site: Harvard Football Yearly Results . Harvard University . 1 January 2018 . 14 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140814061951/http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Media_Center_Football_Yearly_Results . dead .
  3. Web site: Montreal's Cup Float recalls how McGill started grid mania. The Montreal Gazette. November 27, 1970. August 22, 2014. D.A.L.. MacDonald.
  4. Web site: Early Football. San Jose Evening News. November 13, 1915. August 22, 2014.