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1889 Harvard Crimson football team

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]

1889 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–2
Head coach
  • None
CaptainArthur Cumnock
Home stadiumJarvis Field
Seasons
← 1888
1890 →
1889 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Princeton   –   10 – 0 – 0
Massachusetts   –   2 – 0 – 0
Yale   –   15 – 1 – 0
Harvard   –   9 – 2 – 0
Franklin & Marshall   –   5 – 1 – 1
Dickinson   –   4 – 1 – 1
Navy   –   4 – 1 – 1
Tufts   –   3 – 1 – 0
Lehigh   –   8 – 3 – 2
Cornell   –   8 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   7 – 6 – 0
Brown   –   2 – 2 – 0
Penn State   –   2 – 2 – 0
Wesleyan   –   5 – 7 – 1
Bucknell   –   2 – 3 – 1
Lafayette   –   3 – 4 – 2
Columbia   –   2 – 7 – 2
Fordham   –   1 – 3 – 0
Rutgers   –   1 – 4 – 0
NYU   –   0 – 2 – 0

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]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2 Phillips Exeter
W 28–0 [4]
October 5 Stevens
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 28–4 [5]
October 12 Dartmouth
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA (rivalry)
W 38–0 [6]
October 164:00 p.m. MIT
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 62–0 [7][8]
October 19 Williams
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 41–0 [9]
October 23 Phillips Academy Cambridge, MAW 41–0 [10]
October 263:15 p.m. Wesleyan
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 64–0 [11]
November 2 Penn
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 35–02,000[12][13]
November 9vs. Wesleyan
W 67–2 [14]
November 162:45 p.m. Princeton
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA (rivalry)
L 15–4110,000[15][16][17]
November 232:00 p.m.vs. Yale
  • Hampden Park
  • Springfield, MA (rivalry)
L 0–615,000[18][19]

References

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  1. ^ "1889 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. ^ "Football Award Winners" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2016. p. 6. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  4. ^ "Over Exeter's Goal". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 3, 1889. p. 7. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ "Touchdown For Stevens". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 6, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ "Harvard's Goal". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 13, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  7. ^ "Harvard's Best Game". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 17, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  8. ^ "College Sports". Boston Evening Transcript. Boston, Massachusetts. October 17, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  9. ^ "Punting For Points". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 20, 1889. p. 6. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  10. ^ "Harvard Had Hard Work". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 24, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  11. ^ "Crimson Punters Won". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 27, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  12. ^ "Harvard Beats Pennsylvania". The New York Times. November 3, 1889. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Foot-ball On Saturday". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 4, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  14. ^ "Harvard Defeats Wesleyan". The New York Times. November 10, 1889. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Jersey Sand". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 17, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  16. ^ "Jersey Sand (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 17, 1889. p. 4. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  17. ^ "Harvard Went To Pieces". The New York Times. November 17, 1889. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "Yale Wins From Harvard". The New York Times. November 24, 1889. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Leather Chasing". Brooklyn Citizen. Brooklyn, New York. November 24, 1889. p. 3. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .


 

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