| Year: | 1889 |
| Team: | Harvard Crimson |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Record: | 9–2 |
| Head Coach: | None |
| Captain: | Arthur Cumnock |
| Stadium: | Jarvis Field |
The 1889 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1889 college football season. The Crimson finished with a 9–2 record. The team won its first ten games by a combined score of 404–6, but lost its last two games, against Princeton and Yale, giving up 41 points against Princeton.[1] [2]
Three Harvard players were selected as first-team players on the 1889 College Football All-America Team: end and team Arthur Cumnock, halfback James P. Lee, and guard John Cranston.[3]