2018 Harvard Crimson football team

The 2018 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by 25th-year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They finished the season 6–4 overall and 4–3 in Ivy League play to place third. Harvard averaged 13,981 fans per game during the season.

2018 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	6–4 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach	Tim Murphy (25th season)
Offensive coordinator	Joel Lamb (13th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Scott Larkee (10th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium
Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 Princeton $		7	–	0					10	–	0
No. 18 Dartmouth		6	–	1					9	–	1
Harvard		4	–	3					6	–	4
Yale		3	–	4					5	–	5
Penn		3	–	4					6	–	4
Columbia		3	–	4					6	–	4
Cornell		2	–	5					3	–	7
Brown		0	–	7					1	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

The 2018 schedule consisted of six home games and four away games. The Crimson hosted Ivy League foes Princeton, Columbia, and Yale for the 135th edition of The Game, and traveled to Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, and Penn.

Harvard's non-conference opponents were San Diego of the Pioneer Football League, Rhode Island of the Colonial Athletic Association, and Holy Cross of the Patriot League.^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	Noon	San Diego*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN+	W 36–14	8,709
September 21	7:00 p.m.	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	ESPNU	W 31–17	9,309
September 28	7:00 p.m.	No. 22 Rhode Island*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN+	L 16–23	9,123
October 6	1:30 p.m.	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	ESPN+	L 24–28	8,040
October 12	7:00 p.m.	Holy Cross*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN+	W 33–31	10,056
October 20	Noon	No. 23 Princeton	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 21–29	10,876
October 27	1:30 p.m.	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 17-24	5,814
November 3	Noon	Columbia	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN+/NESN	W 52–18	10,447
November 10	1:00 p.m.	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 29-7	13,224
November 17	Noon	vs. Yale	Fenway Park Boston, MA (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 45–27	34,675
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

San Diego

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toreros	3	3	8	0	14
Crimson	27	0	3	6	36

See also: 2018 San Diego Toreros football team

At Brown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crimson	14	10	0	7	31
Bears	3	0	7	7	17

See also: 2018 Brown Bears football team

Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 22 Rams	2	14	7	0	23
Crimson	3	0	6	7	16

See also: 2018 Rhode Island Rams football team

At Cornell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crimson	7	0	10	7	24
Big Red	0	7	7	14	28

See also: 2018 Cornell Big Red football team

Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	0	7	7	17	31
Crimson	9	11	10	3	33

See also: 2018 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

Princeton

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Tigers	7	3	0	19	29
Crimson	0	7	0	14	21

See also: 2018 Princeton Tigers football team

At Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crimson	0	0	7	10	17
Big Green	14	7	0	3	24

See also: 2018 Dartmouth Big Green football team

Columbia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	6	6	0	6	18
Crimson	21	7	7	17	52

See also: 2018 Columbia Lions football team

At Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crimson	10	6	13	0	29
Quakers	0	0	0	7	7

See also: 2018 Penn Quakers football team

Vs. Yale

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	7	10	3	27
Crimson	7	14	7	17	45

See also: 2018 Yale Bulldogs football team