1891 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1891 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1891 college football season. The Crimson finished the season 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, 10–0.^[1][2]

1891 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
Record	13–1
Head coach	George A. Stewart & George C. Adams (2nd season)
Captain	Bernard Trafford
Home stadium	Jarvis Field
Seasons ← 1890 1892 →

1891 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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
Bucknell			–					6	–	2	–	1
Navy			–					5	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					7	–	3	–	0
Geneva			–					4	–	2	–	0
Washington & Jefferson			–					4	–	2	–	0
Lehigh			–					7	–	4	–	0
Rutgers			–					8	–	6	–	0
Brown			–					4	–	6	–	0
Springfield YMCA			–					5	–	8	–	1
Fordham			–					1	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					4	–	7	–	0
Massachusetts			–					2	–	5	–	0
Western Univ. Penn.			–					2	–	6	–	0
Lafayette			–					2	–	9	–	1
NYU			–					1	–	4	–	0
Columbia			–					1	–	5	–	0
Wesleyan			–					1	–	6	–	0

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	3:45 p.m.	Dartmouth	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA (rivalry)	W 16–0		[3][4]
October 7		Exeter	Cambridge, MA	W 17–0		[5]
October 10		Amherst	Cambridge, MA	W 18–0		[6]
October 14		MIT	Cambridge, MA	W 26–0		[7]
October 17		Williams	Cambridge, MA	W 26–0		[8]
October 21		at Andover	Andover, MA	W 76–0		[9]
October 24		Amherst	Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA	W 39–0	800	[10][11]
October 28		Bowdoin	Cambridge, MA	W 79–0		[12]
October 31		Springfield YMCA	Cambridge, MA	W 34–0		[13]
November 3		Wesleyan	Cambridge, MA	W 124–0		[14]
November 7		Springfield YMCA	Cambridge, MA	W 44–4		[15]
November 11		vs. Trinity (CT)	Hampden Park Springfield, MA	W 38–0	200	[16][17]
November 14		Boston Athletic Association	Cambridge, MA	W 51–12		[18]
November 21		vs. Yale	Hampden Park Springfield, MA (rivalry)	L 0–10		[19]