1997 Harvard Crimson football
Ivy League champion
ConferenceIvy League
Record9–1 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorJay Mills (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorJoe Philbin (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
1997 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Harvard $  7 0   9 1  
Dartmouth  6 1   8 2  
Brown  4 3   7 3  
Cornell  4 3   6 4  
Princeton  3 4   6 4  
Columbia  3 4   4 6  
Yale  1 6   2 8  
Penn *  0 7   1 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • * Standings reflect Penn's forfeit of five conference wins due to use of an ineligible player

The 1997 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Harvard finished the season with an overall record of 9–1, winning the Ivy league with a conference mark of 7–0, the first time Harvard had ever gone unbeaten and untied in Ivy League play.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20ColumbiaW 45–77,658[2]
September 27at Lehigh*W 35–3011,107[3]
October 4at Bucknell*L 20–244,330[4]
October 11at CornellW 34–95,287[5]
October 18Holy Cross*
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 52–247,094[6]
October 25Princeton
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
W 14–128,480[7]
November 1at DartmouthW 24–013,111[8]
November 8at BrownW 27–103,188[9]
November 15Penn
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
W 33–05,452[10]
November 22YaleW 17–726,064[11]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "Media Center: Harvard Crimson Football - All-Time Coaching Records". Harvard. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  2. Monahan, Bob (September 21, 1997). "Harvard Opening Act Is a Smash". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C20 via Newspapers.com.
  3. Blockus, Gary R. (September 28, 1997). "Lehigh's Rally Falls Short vs. Harvard". The Morning Call. Allentown, Pa. p. C1 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Bucknell Bets Harvard, Goes 4-0 for First Time Since 1954". The Daily Item. Sunbury, Pa. October 5, 1997. pp. C1, C10 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Concannon, Joe (October 12, 1997). "Harvard Gets Some Revenge". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. pp. C16, C17 via Newspapers.com.
  6. Greenidge, Jim (October 19, 1997). "Menick, Harvard in a Rush". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D17 via Newspapers.com.
  7. Concannon, Joe (October 26, 1997). "Sloppy Harvard Win Sets Up Neat Match". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. F14 via Newspapers.com.
  8. Concannon, Joe (November 2, 1997). "Harvard Takes Over Ivy by Pounding Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D14 via Newspapers.com.
  9. Pave, Marvin (November 9, 1997). "Early Brown-Out No Sweat for Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C21 via Newspapers.com.
  10. Jensen, Mike (November 16, 1997). "Harvard Jumps All Over Quakers, 33-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C7 via Newspapers.com.
  11. Berlet, Bruce (November 23, 1997). "Elis Shown How It's Done". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. C9 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "1997 Harvard football Schedule". Harvard. Archived from the original on November 13, 2017. Retrieved January 17, 2019.


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