1975 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1975 Harvard Crimson football Ivy League Ivy 7–2 6–1 Joe Restic 5th Dan Jiggetts Harvard Stadium Ivy League champion The 1975 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. A year after sharing the Ivy League crown, the Crimson won the championship outright in 1975. In their fifth year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 7–2 record and outscored opponents 216 to 133. Daniel M. Jiggetts was the team captain.Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results Harvard University Cambridge, Mass. June 20, 2020 https://gocrimson.com/documents/2020/6/17//FBL_RecordBook_Year_by_Year_Results.pdf?id=6334 July 6, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200706155918/https://gocrimson.com/documents/2020/6/17//FBL_RecordBook_Year_by_Year_Results.pdf?id=6334 dead Harvard's 6–1 conference record placed first in the Ivy League standings, for the second year in a row. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 189 to 113.https://ivyleague.com/documents/2017/8/23/3_Year_By_Year_History_2017.pdf?id=2998 Ivy League Football Media Guide Year-by-Year History Ivy League Princeton, N.J. 2017 July 10, 2020 27 Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Schedule y y AP 1975 September 27 Holy Cross<ncg> Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 18-7 11,000 Harvard Discovers Spark, Halts HC, 18-7 Joe Concannon September 28, 1975 78 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71695808/1975-harvard-hc/ October 4 Boston University<ncg> Harvard Stadium Boston, MA L 9-13 10,200 'Throwback' to '69: BU's Big Play Stuns Harvard Again, 13-9 Ernie Roberts October 5, 1975 88 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/71748154/1975-harvard-bu/ October 11 Columbia Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 35-30 11,000 Columbia Edged by Harvard; Crimson Withstands Lion Rally, 35-30 Thomas Rogers October 12, 1975 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 18 @ Cornell Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY W 34-13 18,000 Harvard Victor over Cornell; Crimson Routs Big Red, 34-13 October 19, 1975 S6 The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 25 Dartmouth Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) W 24-10 31,000 Ohio State, Harvard Win Deane McGowen October 26, 1975 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. November 1 @ Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry) W 21-3 17,256 Brown and Harvard Triumph; Crimson Sets Back Penn, 21 to 3 Deane McGowen November 2, 1975 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. November 8 Princeton Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) L 20-24 23,000 Harvard Is Toppled by Princeton, 24-20; Crimson Halted for 3 Quarters, Rally Fails Gordon S. Jr. White November 9, 1975 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. November 15 @ Brown Brown Stadium Providence, RI W 45-26 18,000 Harvard Routs Brown by 45-26 to Share Ivy Lead with Yale Gordon S. Jr. White November 16, 1975 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. November 22 @ Yale Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game) W 10-7 66,846 Harvard Tops Yale, 10-7, and Takes Ivy Title William N. Wallace November 23, 1975 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. References Harvard Category:Harvard Crimson football seasons Category:Ivy League football champion seasons Harvard Crimson football Harvard Crimson football