1990 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1990 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Crimson tied for fourth in the Ivy League.

1990 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–5 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainTom Callahan
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
1990 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 17 Dartmouth + 6 –1 –07 –2 –1
Cornell + 6 –1 –07 –3 –0
Yale 5 –2 –06 –4 –0
Harvard 3 –4 –05 –5 –0
Penn 3 –4 –03 –7 –0
Princeton 2 –5 –03 –7 –0
Brown 2 –5 –02 –8 –0
Columbia 1 –6 –01 –9 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

In their 20th year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 5–5 record and were outscored 206 to 199. Tom Callahan was the team captain.[1]

Harvard's 3–4 conference record tied for fourth in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson were outscored 158 to 140 by Ivy opponents.[2]

Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15 at Columbia
W 9–6 9,430 [3]
September 22 Northeastern*
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 26–0 9,200 [4]
September 29 at Holy Cross*
L 14–35 14,106 [5]
October 6 Cornell
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 17–20 16,300 [6]
October 13 Fordham*
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 19–13 4,500 [7]
October 20 at Princeton
W 23–20 24,345 [8]
October 27 at Dartmouth
L 0–17 8,821 [9]
November 3 Brown
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 52–37 15,500 [10]
November 10 at Penn
L 20–24 17,918 [11]
November 17 Yale
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 19–34 35,000 [12]
  • *Non-conference game

References
  1. "Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 33–34. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. Greenidge, Jim (September 16, 1990). "Harvard Picks Off Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 58 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Concannon, Joe (September 23, 1990). "Harvard Gets a Tuneup". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 61 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Concannon, Joe (September 30, 1990). "Holy Cross Swarms over Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 63 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Concannon, Joe (October 7, 1990). "Harvard Sacked by Cornell". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 66 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Monahan, Bob (October 14, 1990). "Harvard Takes Sloppy Win over Fordham". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 66 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Knobelman, Bob (October 21, 1990). "Harvard Edges Princeton in Sloppy but Close Game". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. E1 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Haley, Tom (October 28, 1990). "Page Powers Dartmouth to First Shutout of Harvard Since 1965". The Sunday Rutland Herald. Rutland, Vt. pp. B1, B2 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Concannon, Joe (November 4, 1990). "Harvard Exercises Its Option". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 63 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Juliano, Joe (November 11, 1990). "Penn Holds Off Crimson Charge for a 24-20 Win". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 14-E – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Concannon, Joe (November 18, 1990). "Yale Has Fun in The Game". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 74 – via Newspapers.com.
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