1917 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1917 Harvard Crimson football Independent 3–1–3 Wingate Rollins 1st Harvard Stadium The 1917 Harvard Crimson football team, also known as the Harvard Informals, represented Harvard University in the 1917 college football season. The Crimson finished with a 3–1–3 record under first-year head coach Wingate Rollins.http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Media_Center_Football_Yearly_Results Harvard Football Yearly Records GoCrimson.com Harvard University August 13, 2014 August 14, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140814061951/http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Media_Center_Football_Yearly_Results dead Walter Camp did not select any Harvard players as first-team members of his 1917 College Football All-America Team.Championship Teams Picked for Season Fort Wayne Sentinel November 29, 1919 The team was known as the "Informals" for legal reasons. Prior to the United States' entry into World War I, the team had signed binding contracts to play games with various universities and colleges. When war was declared, the team cancelled its season and cancelled the contracts. When students decide to play football after all, the team was denoted as an "informal" team to fulfill the desire for football without opening the team up to suits for breach of contract.Harvard's "Informal" Team Avoids Legal Consequences The Sunday Star (Washington, D.C.) November 4, 1917 V-1 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22517424/harvards_informal_team_avoids_legal/ Newspapers.com Schedule yes yes October 6 at Dean Academy Franklin, MA W 27–0 Harvard Informals Shut Out Dean, 27-0: Schoolboys Unable to Smother the Line Play of Collegians The Boston Globe October 7, 1917 15 https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-oct-07-1917-p-15/ NewspaperARCHIVE October 13 Bumpkin Island Naval Reserve Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 35–0 4,000 Crimson Tears Big Holes In Naval Reserves' Lines, Winning by 35 to 0 The Boston Globe October 14, 1917 10 https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-globe-oct-14-1917-p-92/ NewspaperARCHIVE October 20 1st Maine Heavy Artillery Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 13–0 Harvard Wins in Stadium, 13-0: Beats 1st Maine Heavies in Football Battle The Boston Globe October 21, 1917 1 October 27 at Depot Brigade Camp Devens Ayer, MA T 0–0 Depot Brigade Holds Harvard To 0-0 Score THe Boston Globe October 28, 1917 16 https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-oct-28-1917-p-172/ NewspaperARCHIVE November 3 Portland Naval Reserve Soldiers' Field Cambridge, MA T 0–0 20,000 Scoreless Tie at Soldiers Field The Boston Globe November 4, 1917 15 https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-sunday-globe-nov-04-1917-p-14/ NewspaperARCHIVE November 10 Camp Devens Harvard Stadium Boston, MA T 0–0 400 Harvard, Within Scoring Distance, Misses Chances The Boston Globe November 11, 1917 11 https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-globe-nov-11-1917-p-141/ NewspaperARCHIVE November 17 at Newport Naval Reserves Newport, RI L 0–14 Harvard Informals Beaten at Newport The Boston Globe November 18, 1917 16 https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-globe-nov-18-1917-p-98/ NewspaperARCHIVE References Harvard Category:Harvard Crimson football seasons Harvard Crimson football Category:1910s in Boston