| Year: | 2017 |
| Team: | Harvard Crimson |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Ivy League |
| Short Conf: | Ivy |
| Record: | 5–5 |
| Conf Record: | 3–4 |
| Head Coach: | Tim Murphy |
| Hc Year: | 24th |
| Off Coach: | Joel Lamb |
| Oc Year: | 12th |
| Off Scheme: | Spread |
| Def Coach: | Scott Larkee |
| Dc Year: | 9th |
| Def Scheme: | 4–3 |
| Stadium: | Harvard Stadium |
The 2017 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 24th-year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 5–5 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play to tie for fifth place. Harvard averaged 10,411 fans per game.
The 2017 schedule consisted of five home games and five away games. The Crimson hosted Ivy League foes Brown, Princeton, Dartmouth, and Penn, and traveled to Cornell, Columbia, and Yale for the 134th edition of The Game.
Harvard's non-conference opponents were Rhode Island of the Colonial Athletic Association, and Georgetown and Lafayette of the Patriot League.[1]
See also: 2017 Rhode Island Rams football team.
See also: 2017 Brown Bears football team.
See also: 2017 Georgetown Hoyas football team.
See also: 2017 Cornell Big Red football team.
See also: 2017 Lafayette Leopards football team.
See also: 2017 Princeton Tigers football team and Harvard–Princeton football rivalry.
See also: 2017 Dartmouth Big Green football team and Dartmouth–Harvard football rivalry.
See also: 2017 Columbia Lions football team.
See also: 2017 Penn Quakers football team and Harvard–Penn football rivalry.
See also: 2017 Yale Bulldogs football team and Harvard–Yale football rivalry.