1880 Harvard Crimson football team explained

Year:1880
Team:Harvard Crimson
Sport:football
Conference:Independent
Record:2–2–2
Head Coach:None
Captain:William H. Manning
Stadium:Boston Baseball Grounds

The 1880 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1880 college football season. The team finished with a 2–2–2 record.[1] [2]

On November 6, 1880, Harvard defeated Columbia 3–0 before a crowd of about 300 who paid 50 cents to watch the game at the Polo Grounds in New York.[3]

Also at the Polo Grounds one week later, Harvard lost to Princeton with an attendance of between 3,000 and 4,000. Princeton scored two goals and held Harvard to one goal. Princeton also had five touchdowns for safety to two for Harvard. The Sun of New York reported that the game, played under the new 1880 rules of the Intercollegiate Football Association, was football in name only, but "in reality a series of wrestling encounters for possession of a large leather globe."[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1880 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results . Sports Reference LLC . SR/College Football . February 27, 2017 .
  2. Web site: Harvard Football Yearly Records . GoCrimson.com . Harvard University . August 13, 2014 . August 14, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140814061951/http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Media_Center_Football_Yearly_Results . dead .
  3. News: The Football Championship: Harvard Defeats Columbia at the Polo Grounds in the First Game of the Series. The Sun. November 7, 1880. 7. Newspapers.com.
  4. News: Victory for the Princetons: The Harvard Football Team Vanquished on the Polo Grounds Yesterday . The Sun . November 14, 1880 . 5 . Newspapers.com.