1987 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1987 Harvard Crimson football Ivy League Ivy 8–2 6–1 Joe Restic 17th Kevin J. Dulsky Harvard Stadium Ivy League champion The 1987 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Harvard was champion of the Ivy League. In their 17th year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled an 8–2 record and outscored opponents 243 to 163. Kevin J. Dulsky 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 was the best in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 177 to 84.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 32 The Crimson briefly appeared in the weekly national top 20, achieving No. 20 in the poll released November 3, but fell out of the rankings the next week and remained unranked through the end of the season. Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Schedule 1987 NCAA Division I-AA NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee y y September 19 @ Columbia Wien Stadium New York, NY W 35-0 6,449 Harvard Jolts Columbia, 35-0 John Powers September 20, 1987 60 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57357349/1987-columbia-harvard/ September 26 Northeastern<ncg> Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 27-24 15,900 Harvard Passes Northeastern's Test, 27-24 Kevin Paul Dupont September 27, 1987 78 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57359650/1987-harvard-northeastern/ October 3 Bucknell<ncg> Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 33-14 7,650 Harvard Keeps Clicking Joe Concannon October 4, 1987 61 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57361078/1987-bucknell-harvard/ October 10 @ Cornell Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY L 17-29 21,000 Cornell Snares Harvard Joe Concannon October 11, 1987 75 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57363621/1987-cornell-harvard/ October 17 Dartmouth Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) W 42-3 20,500 Harvard Rolls It Up, 42-3 Joe Concannon October 18, 1987 74 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57364222/1987-dartmouth-harvard/ October 24 Princeton Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) W 24-19 20,200 Harvard 'D" the Key, 24-19 Joe Concannon October 25, 1987 70 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57365433/1987-harvard-princeton/ October 31 @ Brown Brown Stadium Providence, RI W 14-9 16,800 Harvard's Defense Stands Its Ground, 14-9 John Powers November 1, 1987 70 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57367284/1987-brown-harvard/ November 7 @ #1 Holy Cross<ncg> Fitton Field Worcester, MA L 6-41 17,211 Holy Cross Storms Past Harvard, 41-6 John Powers November 8, 1987 70 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57367836/1987-harvard-hc/ November 14 Penn Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) W 31-14 14,900 Quakers Bow to Harvard; Penn Falls to 3-6 with 31-14 Loss Gwen Knapp November 15, 1987 11-D The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57368820/1987-harvard-penn/ November 21 @ Yale Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game) W 14-10 66,548 Harvard Wins The Title, 14-10 George Smith November 22, 1987 E1 The Hartford Courant Hartford, Conn. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57369952/1987-harvard-yale/ References Harvard Category:Harvard Crimson football seasons Category:Ivy League football champion seasons Harvard Crimson football Harvard Crimson football