1891 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1891 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1891 college football season. The Crimson finished with a 13–1 record. The team won its first 13 games by a combined score of 588–16, but lost its final game against Yale by a 10–0 score.[1][2]

1891 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
1891 record	13–1
Head coach	George A. Stewart & George C. Adams (2nd season)
Captain	Bernard Trafford

1891 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Yale			–					13	–	0	–	0
Harvard			–					13	–	1	–	0
Princeton			–					12	–	1	–	0
Tufts			–					7	–	1	–	0
Penn			–					11	–	2	–	0
Colgate			–					4	–	1	–	0
Army			–					4	–	1	–	1
Navy			–					5	–	2	–	0
Bucknell			–					6	–	2	–	1
Cornell			–					7	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					4	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					4	–	2	–	0
Amherst			–					8	–	4	–	3
Lehigh			–					7	–	4	–	0
Delaware			–					5	–	3	–	1
Rutgers			–					8	–	6	–	0
Dartmouth			–					2	–	2	–	1
Brown			–					4	–	6	–	0
Fordham			–					1	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	7	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					2	–	4	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	5	–	0
Western Univ. Penn.			–					2	–	6	–	0
Lafayette			–					2	–	9	–	1
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	0
Wesleyan			–					1	–	6	–	0

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	Dartmouth	Cambridge, MA (rivalry)	W 16–0		[3]
October 7	Exeter	Cambridge, MA	W 17–0		[4]
October 10	Amherst	Cambridge, MA	W 18–0		[5]
October 14	MIT	Cambridge, MA	W 26–0		[6]
October 17	Williams	Cambridge, MA	W 26–0		[7]
October 21	at Andover	Andover, MA	W 76–0		[8]
October 24	Amherst	Cambridge, MA	W 39–0		[9]
October 28	Bowdoin	Cambridge, MA	W 79–0		[10]
October 31	Springfield YMCA	Cambridge, MA	W 34–0		[11]
November 3	Wesleyan	Cambridge, MA	W 124–0		[12]
November 7	Springfield YMCA	Cambridge, MA	W 44–4
November 11	at Trinity (CT)	Hartford, CT	W 38–0		[13]
November 14	Boston Athletic Association	Cambridge, MA	W 51–12		[14]
November 21	vs. Yale	Hampden Park Springfield, MA (rivalry)	L 0–10		[15]

References

1. "1891 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. "Harvard Beats Dartmouth". The Sun. October 4, 1891. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Harvard Defeats Exeter". The New York Times. October 8, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Harvard Defeats Amherst". The New York Times. October 11, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Harvard's Biggest Score This Season". The Sun. October 15, 1891. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Harvard Is Piqued". The Inter Ocean. October 18, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Harvard Defeats Andover". Chicago Tribune. October 22, 1891. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Harvard's Stock Rises". The New York Times. October 25, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Bowdoin Easily Beaten". The New York Times. October 29, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Harvard Defeats Stagg's Team". New York Tribune. November 1, 1891. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
12. "The Wesleyan Hospital: Its Inmates Matched Against Harvard With Disastrous Results". Chicago Tribune. November 4, 1891. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
13. "Harvard scores 38 Points Against Trinity". The Sun. November 12, 1891. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
14. "A Hard Fought Game: Harvard Defeats The Boston Athletic Association Eleven". The New York Times. November 15, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
15. "Yale 10, Harvard 0: And The Great Match Is Over". The Evening World. November 21, 1891. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.