1877 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1877 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1877 college football season. They finished with a 3–1 record. The team captain was Livingston Cushing.[1]

1877 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
1877 record	3–1
Head coach	None
Captain	Livingston Cushing

1877 college football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					3	–	0	–	1
Princeton			–					2	–	0	–	1
Amherst			–					1	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	1	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	3	–	0
Rutgers			–					1	–	2	–	0
Stevens			–					1	–	3	–	0
Tufts			–					0	–	3	–	0

On November 3, 1877, Harvard suffered its only loss to Princeton in a game played at St George's Cricket Club in Hoboken, New Jersey. The game was played under the "Amended Rugby" rules under which three touchdowns counted as a goal. Princeton scored one goal and one touchdown, and Harvard was held to one touchdown. The game was attended by 400 to 500 students in addition to "several hundred spectators, many of the number being of the fair sex, who came to the scene of battle in carriages."[2]

Two days later, on Monday, November 5, Harvard defeated Columbia in a two-inning match played on the same St. George's Cricket Club grounds. Harvard won the game with six goals and four touchdowns. Columbia did not score.[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 23	Tufts	Cambridge, MA	W 3–0
October 26	McGill	Cambridge, MA	W 1–0
November 3	vs. Princeton	Hoboken, NJ (rivalry)	L 0–1
November 5	vs. Columbia	St. George's Cricket Club grounds Hoboken, NJ	W 6–0	400–500

References

1. "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
2. "Princeton and Harvard Playing Football". New York Herald. November 4, 1877. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Harvard vs. Columbia". New York Herald. November 6, 1877. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.