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1924 Harvard Crimson football team

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1924 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
CaptainMalcolm W. Greenough
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Seasons
← 1923
1925 →
1924 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Dartmouth     7 0 1
No. 3 Yale     6 0 2
No. 8 Penn     9 1 1
Rutgers     7 1 1
Bucknell     8 2 0
Lafayette     7 2 0
Washington & Jefferson     7 2 0
Holy Cross     7 1 1
Army     5 1 2
Syracuse     8 2 1
Fordham     6 2 0
Lehigh     4 1 3
Boston College     6 3 0
Penn State     6 3 1
Princeton     4 2 1
Springfield     4 2 1
Columbia     5 3 1
Pittsburgh     5 3 1
NYU     4 3 1
CCNY     4 3 0
Brown     5 4 0
Carnegie Tech     5 4 0
Colgate     5 4 0
Cornell     4 4 0
Harvard     4 4 0
Tufts     3 4 2
Franklin & Marshall     3 5 1
Villanova     2 5 1
Drexel     2 7 0
Vermont     2 7 0
Temple     1 4 0
Boston University     1 5 0
Buffalo     1 7 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1924 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1924 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Bob Fisher, Harvard compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 78 to 61. Malcolm W. Greenough was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Boston.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4VirginiaW 14–0
October 11 Middlebury
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 16–6
October 18 Holy Cross
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 12–6
October 25 Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 0–651,000
November 1Boston University
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 13–0[3]
November 8Princeton
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 0–34
November 152:00 p.m. Brown
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 0–7[4][5][6][7]
November 22at YaleL 6–19

References

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  1. ^ "1924 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. ^ "Harvard Subs Get Two Touchdowns". The Boston Globe. November 2, 1924. pp. 1, 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Crimson Faces Gruelling Test". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1924. p. 9. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Brown Beats Harvard For Third Time In A Row". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 16, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Brown Wins From Harvard Again, 7-0 (continued)". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 16, 1924. p. 21. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ Smith, J. C. (November 16, 1924). "Bear Tracks In The Stadium". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. p. 19. Retrieved September 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.