American college football season
The 1915 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1915 college football season. The Crimson finished with an 8–1 record under eighth-year head coach Percy Haughton. The sole loss was a 10–0 defeat against Cornell.[1][2] Walter Camp selected three Harvard players (tackle Joseph Gilman, halfback Richard King and fullback Eddie Mahan) as first-team members of his 1915 College Football All-America Team.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 25 | Colby | | W 39–6 | |
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October 2 | Massachusetts | - Harvard Stadium
- Boston, MA
| W 7–0 | |
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October 9 | Carlisle | - Harvard Stadium
- Boston, MA
| W 29–7 | |
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October 16 | Virginia | - Harvard Stadium
- Boston, MA
| W 9–0 | | [3]
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October 23 | Cornell | - Harvard Stadium
- Boston, MA
| L 0–10 | 25,000 | [4]
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October 30 | Penn State | - Harvard Stadium
- Boston, MA
| W 13–0 | 22,000 |
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November 6 | at Princeton | | W 10–6 | |
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November 13 | Brown | - Harvard Stadium
- Boston, MA
| W 16–7 | |
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November 20 | Yale | - Harvard Stadium
- Boston, MA (rivalry)
| W 41–0 | 49,000 | [5]
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References
- ^ "1915 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
- ^ "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
- ^ "Harvard full back beats U. of VA., 9–0". The New York Times. October 17, 1915. Retrieved July 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Melville E. Webb Jr. (October 24, 1915). "Ithaca Wins After 25 Years of Trying". The Boston Globe. pp. 1, 17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Harvard Rips Yale to Bits; Wins 41 to 0". New York Tribune. November 21, 1915. pp. 1, 11 – via Newspapers.com.
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