1985 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1985 Harvard Crimson football Ivy League Ivy 7–3 5–2 Joe Restic 15th James B. Wilkinson Harvard Stadium The 1985 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Harvard tied for second in the Ivy League. In their 15th year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents 192 to 136. James B. Wilkinson 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 5–2 conference record tied for second-best in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 140 to 92.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 31 The Crimson briefly appeared in the weekly national top 20, achieving No. 16 in the poll released October 1, 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 1985 NCAA Division I-AA NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee y y September 21 @ Columbia Wien Stadium New York, NY W 49-17 7,921 Harvard Gets Going, 49-17 Bob Duffy September 22, 1985 68 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57209065/1985-columbia-harvard/ September 28 No. 17 UMass<ncg> Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 10-3 16,500 Harvard Tips UMass, 10-3 Barry Cadigan September 29, 1985 52 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57210385/1985-harvard-umass/ October 5 No5 William & Mary<ncg> Harvard Stadium Boston, MA L 14-21 6,500 Harvard Falls Short Against Wm. & Mary Joe Concannon October 6, 1985 68 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57213533/1985-harvard-wm/ October 12 @ Cornell Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY W 20-17 15,300 Harvard, Steinberg Kick Cornell, 20-17 Joe Concannon October 13, 1985 62 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57215521/1985-cornell-harvard/ October 19 Dartmouth Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) W 17-7 15,800 Harvard Grinds Down Dartmouth, 17-7 Bob Monahan October 20, 1985 70 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57216726/1985-o19-ivies/ October 26 Princeton Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) L 6-11 18,000 Princeton Bursts, 11-6 Bob Monahan October 27, 1985 66 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57219538/1985-harvard-princeton/ November 2 @ Brown Brown Stadium Providence, RI W 25-17 10,600 Brown Denied; Harvard Posts a 25-17 Victory Joe Concannon November 3, 1985 71 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57221712/1985-brown-harvard/ November 9 @ Holy Cross<ncg> Fitton Field Worcester, MA W 28-20 14,697 It Was Really a Rally; Harvard Tops HC with 21 in :41 Joe Concannon November 10, 1985 57 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57222428/1985-harvard-hc/ November 16 Penn Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) W 17-6 18,040 Harvard Snaps Penn Streak, 17-6 Jere Longman November 17, 1985 1-E, 18-E The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57224743/1985-harvard-penn/ November 23 @ Yale Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game) L 6-17 54,647 Yale Undermines Harvard Quest; Crimson's Final Rally Fails, 17-6 Joe Concannon November 24, 1985 57 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57226811/1985-n24-rivalries/ References Harvard Category:Harvard Crimson football seasons Harvard Crimson football Harvard Crimson football