2019 Harvard Crimson football team

The 2019 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by 26th-year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They finished the season 4–6 overall and 2–5 in Ivy League play to tie for sixth place.

2019 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Ivy League
2019 record	4–6 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach	Tim Murphy (26th season)
Offensive coordinator	Joel Lamb (14th season)
Defensive coordinator	Scott Larkee (11th season)
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium (Capacity: 30,323)
Uniform

2019 Ivy League football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 22 Dartmouth +		6	–	1					9	–	1
No. 25 Yale +		6	–	1					9	–	1
Princeton		5	–	2					8	–	2
Penn		3	–	4					5	–	5
Cornell		3	–	4					4	–	6
Harvard		2	–	5					4	–	6
Columbia		2	–	5					3	–	7
Brown		1	–	6					2	–	8
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from STATS Poll

The Crimson defeated Cornell, 35-22

Previous season

The Crimson finished the 2018 season 6–4, 4–3 in Ivy League play to finish in third place.

Preseason

Preseason media poll

The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Crimson were picked to finish in fourth place.[1]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Yale	119 (9)
2	Dartmouth	111 (2)
3	Princeton	107 (4)
4	Harvard	93 (1)
5	Penn	67
6	Columbia	61 (1)
7	Cornell	29
8	Brown	24

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 21	4:00 pm	at San Diego*	Torero Stadium San Diego, CA	WCC Network	L 23–31	2,607
September 27	7:00 p.m.	Brown	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPNews	W 42–7	10,088
October 5	1:00 p.m.	Howard*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN+	W 62–17	8,234
October 12	1:00 p.m.	Cornell	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN+	W 35–22	7,513
October 19	1:00 p.m.	at Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	PLN	W 31–21	10,381
October 26	1:00 p.m.	at No. 13 Princeton	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 24–30	9,078
November 2	1:00 p.m.	No. 15 Dartmouth	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 6–9	20,112
November 9	1:00 p.m.	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY	ESPN+/SNY	L 10–17 ^OT	4,739
November 16	Noon	Penn	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	ESPN+/NESN	L 20–24	8,113
November 23	Noon	at No. 24 Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	ESPNU	L 43–50 ^2OT	44,989
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

[2]

Game summaries

at San Diego

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crimson	0	0	7	16	23
Toreros	10	14	7	0	31

Brown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	0	0	0	7
Crimson	7	14	7	14	42

Howard

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bison	3	0	7	7	17
Crimson	7	34	14	7	62

Cornell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Big Red	7	3	0	12	22
Crimson	7	21	0	7	35

at Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crimson	17	7	7	0	31
Crusaders	7	0	7	7	21

at Princeton

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crimson	0	14	0	10	24
No. 13 Tigers	10	0	13	7	30

Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 15 Big Green	0	3	0	6	9
Crimson	3	0	0	3	6

at Columbia

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Crimson	7	0	0	3	0	10
Lions	0	7	0	3	7	17

Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	7	3	7	7	24
Crimson	7	6	7	0	20

at Yale

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Crimson	3	12	14	7	7	0	43
No. 24 Bulldogs	3	0	16	17	7	7	50

References

1. "Yale Named League Favorite in 2019 Football Preseason Poll". ivyleague.com. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
2. "2019 Harvard Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 15, 2019.