1981 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1981 Harvard Crimson football Ivy League Ivy 5–4–1 4–2–1 Joe Restic 11th Peter M. Coppinger Harvard Stadium The 1981 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1981 NCAA Division I-A football season. Harvard finished fourth in the Ivy League. In their 11th year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 5–4–1 record and outscored opponents 218 to 173. Peter M. Coppinger 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 4–2–1 conference record placed fourth in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 163 to 99.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 29 This would be Harvard's last season in the NCAA's top level of football competition. Shortly after the season ended, the NCAA reassigned all of the Ivy League teams to the second-tier Division I-AA,Big Guys on Block Bully Ivy, HC Football Ernie Roberts The Boston Globe Boston, Mass. December 4, 1981 which would later be renamed the Football Championship Subdivision. Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Schedule y y September 19 @ Columbia Baker Field New York, NY W 23-6 4,745 Cuccia Sparks Harvard Jack Craig September 20, 1981 56 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54309788/1981-columbia-harvard/ September 26 Holy Cross<ncg> Harvard Stadium Boston, MA L 19-33 17,000 Harvard Can't Handle Holy Cross Bob Monahan September 27, 1981 78 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54310040/1981-harvard-holy-cross/ October 3 Army<ncg> Harvard Stadium Boston, MA L 13-27 16,000 Army Belts Harvard Joe Concannon October 4, 1981 84 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54310291/1981-harvard-army/ October 10 @ Cornell Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY W 27-10 12,500 Harvard Handles Cornell Pete Taussig October 11, 1981 70 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54310536/1981-cornell-harvard/ October 17 Dartmouth Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) L 10-24 25,000 Dartmouth Whips Harvard Ernie Roberts October 18, 1981 80 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54310772/1981-dartmouth-harvard/ October 24 Princeton Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) T 17-17 17,500 Harvard Gains Tie Bob Monahan October 25, 1981 86 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54310985/1981-harvard-princeton/ October 31 @ Brown Brown Stadium Providence, RI W 41-7 14,600 Harvard Rips Brown Ernie Roberts November 1, 1981 86 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54311260/1981-brown-harvard/ November 7 @ William & Mary<ncg> Cary Field Williamsburg, VA W 23-14 16,000 Cuccia Leads Way for Harvard Joe Concannon November 8, 1981 80 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54311529/1981-harvard-wm/ November 14 Penn Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) W 45-7 10,500 Harvard Still in Running Joe Concannon November 15, 1981 81 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54311869/1981-harvard-penn/ November 21 @ Yale Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game) L 0-28 75,300 The Game, The Win Belong to Yale, 28-0 Joe Concannon November 22, 1981 71 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56645150/1981-harvard-yale/ References Harvard Category:Harvard Crimson football seasons Harvard Crimson football Harvard Crimson football