American college football season
2017 Harvard Crimson football |
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Conference | Ivy League |
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Record | 5–5 (3–4 Ivy) |
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Head coach | |
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Offensive coordinator | Joel Lamb (12th season) |
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Offensive scheme | Spread |
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Defensive coordinator | Scott Larkee (9th season) |
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Base defense | 4–3 |
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Home stadium | Harvard Stadium |
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Seasons |
The 2017 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 24th-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 5–5 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play to tie for fifth place. Harvard averaged 10,411 fans per game.
Schedule
The 2017 schedule consisted of five home games and five away games. The Crimson hosted Ivy League foes Brown, Princeton, Dartmouth, and Penn, and traveled to Cornell, Columbia, and Yale for the 134th edition of The Game.
Harvard's non-conference opponents were Rhode Island of the Colonial Athletic Association, and Georgetown and Lafayette of the Patriot League.[1]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at Rhode Island* | | | L 10–17 | 3,812 |
September 23 | Noon | Brown | | NESN+ | W 45–28 | 10,651 |
September 30 | 2:00 p.m. | at Georgetown* | | STADIUM | W 41–2 | 3,256 |
October 7 | 1:30 p.m. | at Cornell | | ELVN | L 14–17 | 7,313 |
October 14 | Noon | Lafayette* | - Harvard Stadium
- Boston, MA
| NESN | W 38–10 | 10,025 |
October 20 | 7:30 p.m. | Princeton | - Harvard Stadium
- Boston, MA (rivalry)
| NBCSN | L 17–52 | 10,114 |
October 28 | Noon | Dartmouth | - Harvard Stadium
- Boston, MA (rivalry)
| NESN | W 25–22 | 11,143 |
November 4 | 1:00 p.m. | at Columbia | | ELVN | W 21–14 | 7,011 |
November 11 | Noon | Penn | - Harvard Stadium
- Boston, MA (rivalry)
| NESN+ | L 6–23 | 10,122 |
November 18 | 12:30 p.m. | at Yale | | CNBC | L 3–24 | 51,426 |
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Game summaries
Rhode Island
Harvard vs. Rhode Island – Game summary
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Harvard | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Rhode Island | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
at Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI
- Date: September 16
- Game time: 1:00 p.m.
- Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C); nice, breezy
- Game attendance: 3,812
- Referee: M. Sechrist
- Box Score
Game information |
- First quarter
- Second quarter
- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
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Brown
Brown vs. Harvard – Game summary
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 28 |
Harvard | 14 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 45 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
- Date: September 23
- Game time: Noon
- Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C); partly cloudy
- Game attendance: 10,651
- Referee: C. Jebran
- Box Score
Game information |
- First quarter
- Second quarter
- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
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Georgetown
Harvard vs. Georgetown – Game summary
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Harvard | 14 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 41 |
Georgetown | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
at Cooper Field • Washington, D.C.
- Date: September 16
- Game time: 2:00 p.m.
- Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); partly cloudy
- Game attendance: 3,256
- Referee: M. Overton
- Box Score
Game information |
- First quarter
- Second quarter
- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
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Cornell
Harvard vs. Cornell – Game summary
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Harvard | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Cornell | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
at Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY
- Date: October 7
- Game time: 1:30 p.m.
- Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C); partly cloudy
- Game attendance: 7,313
- Referee: J. Gansiejewski
- Box Score
Game information |
- First quarter
- HAR – L. Northington, 1 yard run, Jake McIntyre XP good, 5:50 (HAR 7–0)
- Second quarter
- HAR – Jake Barann, 36 yard pass from Jake Smith, McIntyre XP good, 9:43 (HAR 14–0)
- COR – Jake Jatis, 2 yard run, Zach Mays XP good, 3:02 (HAR 14–7)
- Third quarter
- COR – Jatis, 2 yard run, Mays XP good, 5:45 (TIE 14–14)
- Fourth quarter
- COR – Mays, 27 yard field goal, 9:58 (COR 17–14)
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Lafayette
Lafayette vs. Harvard – Game summary
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Lafayette | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Harvard | 14 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
- Date: October 14
- Game time: Noon
- Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); cloudy
- Game attendance: 10,025
- Referee: T. Kichline
- Box Score
Game information |
- First quarter
- Second quarter
- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
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Princeton
Princeton vs. Harvard – Game summary
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Princeton | 10 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 52 |
Harvard | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
- Date: October 20
- Game time: 7:30 p.m.
- Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); warm, breezy
- Game attendance: 10,114
- Referee: M. Sechrist
- Box Score
Game information |
- First quarter
- Second quarter
- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth vs. Harvard – Game summary
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Dartmouth | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 22 |
Harvard | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
- Date: October 28
- Game time: Noon
- Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); cloudy
- Game attendance: 11,143
- Referee: H. Wimberg
- Box Score
Game information |
- First quarter
- Second quarter
- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
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Columbia
Game information |
- First quarter
- Second quarter
- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
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Penn
Penn vs. Harvard – Game summary
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Penn | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
Harvard | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
- Date: November 11
- Game time: Noon
- Game weather: 38 °F (3 °C); sunny, breezy
- Game attendance: 10,122
- Referee: W. Boyd
- Box Score
Game information |
- First quarter
- Second quarter
- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
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Yale ("The Game")
Harvard vs. Yale – Game summary
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Harvard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Yale | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
- Date: November 18
- Game time: 12:30 p.m.
- Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C); cloudy
- Game attendance: 51,426
- Referee: H. Johns
- Box Score
Game information |
- First quarter
- Second quarter
- Third quarter
- Fourth quarter
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References
- ^ "2017 Harvard Football Schedule". Harvard University Athletics. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
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