2015 Harvard Crimson football team

The 2015 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 22nd-year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 9–1 overall 6–1 in Ivy League play to place in a three-way tie for the Ivy League title with Dartmouth and Penn. Harvard averaged 12,798 fans per game.

2015 Harvard Crimson football
Ivy League co-champion Lambert Cup
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
STATS	No. 20
FCS Coaches	No. 20
Record	9–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Tim Murphy (22nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Joel Lamb (10th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Scott Larkee (7th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium
Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 20 Harvard +		6	–	1					9	–	1
No. 23 Dartmouth +		6	–	1					9	–	1
Penn +		6	–	1					7	–	3
Yale		3	–	4					6	–	4
Brown		3	–	4					5	–	5
Princeton		2	–	5					5	–	5
Columbia		1	–	6					2	–	8
Cornell		1	–	6					1	–	9
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 19	1:00 p.m.	at Rhode Island*	No. 25	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI		W 41–10	4,843
September 26	7:00 p.m.	Brown	No. 24	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	FCS	W 53–27	15,804
October 2	7:00 p.m.	Georgetown*	No. 24	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN3	W 45–0	7,566
October 10	Noon	at Cornell	No. 24	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	ASN	W 40–3	7,092
October 17	3:30 p.m.	at Lafayette*	No. 18	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	PLN	W 42–0	7,108
October 24	Noon	Princeton	No. 15	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	ASN	W 42–7	17,444
October 30	7:30 p.m.	No. 22 Dartmouth	No. 15	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	NBCSN	W 14–13	13,058
November 7	1:00 p.m.	at Columbia	No. 13	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY		W 24–16	5,494
November 14	Noon	Penn	No. 12	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	ASN	L 25–35	10,122
November 21	2:30 p.m.	at Yale	No. 19	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	NBCSN	W 38–19	52,126
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	23	25	25	24	24	24	18	15	15	13	12	19	19	20
Coaches	22	25–T	RV	RV	25	24	18	15	16	15	13	21	19	20