| Year: | 1997 |
| Team: | Harvard Crimson |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Ivy League |
| Short Conf: | Ivy |
| Record: | 9–1 |
| Conf Record: | 7–0 |
| Head Coach: | Tim Murphy |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Cooff Coach1: | Jay Mills |
| Cooc1 Year: | 2nd |
| Cooff Coach2: | Joe Philbin |
| Cooc2 Year: | 1st |
| Off Scheme: | Multiple |
| Def Coach: | Mark Harriman |
| Dc Year: | 4th |
| Stadium: | Harvard Stadium |
| Champion: | Ivy League champion |
The 1997 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Harvard finished the season with an overall record of 9–1, winning the Ivy league with a conference mark of 7–0, the first time Harvard had ever gone unbeaten and untied in Ivy League play.[1]