1919 Harvard Crimson football team

1919 Harvard Crimson football
National champion (Helms, Houlgate) Co-national champion (CFRA, NCF, Davis)
Rose Bowl Champions, W 7–6 vs. Oregon
Conference	Independent
1919 record	9–0–1
Head coach	Bob Fisher (1st year)
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium

The 1919 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1919 college football season. They finished with a 9–0–1 record and were retroactively named as the 1919 national champion by the Helms Athletic Foundation and the Houlgate System, and as a co-national champion by the College Football Researchers Association, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis.^[1] They outscored their opponents 229 to 19.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 27		Bates*		Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA		W 53–0
October 4		Boston College*		Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA		W 17–0	20,000
October 11		Colby*		Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA		W 35–0
October 18		Brown*		Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA		W 7–0
October 25		Virginia*		Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA		W 47–0
November 1		Springfield (MA)*		Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA		W 20–0
November 8		at Princeton*		Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ		T 10–10
November 15		Tufts*		Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA		W 23–0
November 22		Yale*		Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA (Rivalry)		W 10–3
January 1, 1920		vs. Oregon*		Tournament Park • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)		W 7–6	35,000
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

References

1. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2015). "National Poll Rankings" (PDF). NCAA Division I Football Records. NCAA. p. 108. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
2. 1919 Harvard University football scores and results. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved on October 8, 2013.