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
ConferenceIndependent
Record13–1
Head coach
CaptainBernard Trafford
Home stadiumJarvis Field
1891 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
Navy   –  5 –2 –0
Cornell   –  7 –3 –0
Geneva   –  4 –2 –0
Washington & Jefferson   –  4 –2 –0
Lehigh   –  7 –4 –0
Delaware   –  5 –3 –1
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
Columbia   –  1 –5 –0
Wesleyan   –  1 –6 –0

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 33:45 p.m. Dartmouth
W 16–0 [3][4]
October 7 Exeter Cambridge, MAW 17–0 [5]
October 10 Amherst Cambridge, MAW 18–0 [6]
October 14 MIT Cambridge, MAW 26–0 [7]
October 17 Williams Cambridge, MAW 26–0 [8]
October 21at Andover Andover, MAW 76–0 [9]
October 24 Amherst
  • Jarvis Field
  • Cambridge, MA
W 39–0800[10][11]
October 28 Bowdoin Cambridge, MAW 79–0 [12]
October 31 Springfield YMCA Cambridge, MAW 34–0 [13]
November 3 Wesleyan Cambridge, MAW 124–0 [14]
November 7 Springfield YMCA Cambridge, MAW 44–4 [15]
November 11vs. Trinity (CT)
W 38–0200[16][17]
November 14 Boston Athletic Association Cambridge, MAW 51–12 [18]
November 21vs. Yale
  • Hampden Park
  • Springfield, MA (rivalry)
L 0–10 [19]

References
  1. "1891 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. "Harvard Won". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 4, 1891. p. 7. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. "Harvard Beats Dartmouth". The Sun. October 4, 1891. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Harvard Defeats Exeter". The New York Times. October 8, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Harvard Defeats Amherst". The New York Times. October 11, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Harvard's Biggest Score This Season". The Sun. October 15, 1891. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Harvard Is Piqued". The Inter Ocean. October 18, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Harvard Defeats Andover". Chicago Tribune. October 22, 1891. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Without Life". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 25, 1891. p. 7. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  11. "Harvard's Stock Rises". The New York Times. October 25, 1891. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Bowdoin Easily Beaten". The New York Times. October 29, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Harvard Defeats Stagg's Team". New York Tribune. November 1, 1891. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "The Wesleyan Hospital: Its Inmates Matched Against Harvard With Disastrous Results". Chicago Tribune. November 4, 1891. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Stagg's Team Scores On Harvard". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. November 9, 1891. p. 1. Retrieved March 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  16. "Harvard Eleven Tested". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 12, 1891. p. 3. Retrieved March 23, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  17. "Harvard scores 38 Points Against Trinity". The Sun. November 12, 1891. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. "A Hard Fought Game: Harvard Defeats The Boston Athletic Association Eleven". The New York Times. November 15, 1891. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. "Yale 10, Harvard 0: And The Great Match Is Over". The Evening World. November 21, 1891. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.


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