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The 1979 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Harvard finished sixth in the Ivy League.
1979 Harvard Crimson football | |
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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 3–6 (3–4 Ivy) |
Head coach |
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Captain | Michael G. Brown |
Home stadium | Harvard Stadium |
In their ninth year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 3–6 record and were outscored 157 to 148. Michael G. Brown was the team captain.[1]
Harvard's 3–4 conference record placed sixth in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 131 to 123.[2]
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 22 | at Columbia | W 26–7 | 4,525 | [3] | |||
September 29 | UMass* |
| L 7–20 | 15,000 | [4] | ||
October 6 | No. T–3 Boston University* |
| L 10–14 | 12,500 | [5] | ||
October 13 | at Cornell | L 14–41 | 9,000 | [6] | |||
October 20 | Dartmouth |
| L 7–10 | 32,000 | [7] | ||
October 27 | Princeton |
| L 7–9 | 15,000 | [8] | ||
November 3 | at Brown | L 14–23 | 8,760 | [9] | |||
November 10 | Penn |
| W 41–26 | 7,500 | [10] | ||
November 17 | at Yale | W 22–7 | 72,000 | [11] | |||
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