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1977 Harvard Crimson football team
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1977 Harvard Crimson football Ivy League Ivy 4–5 4–3 Joe Restic 7th Steven J. Kaseta Harvard Stadium
The 1977 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1977 NCAA Division I football season. Harvard tied for third place in the Ivy League.
In their seventh year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 4–5 record and were outscored 173 to 153. Steven J. Kaseta 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 4–3 conference record earned a three-way tie for third in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 132 to 118.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 28
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
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y y September 17 @ Columbia Baker Field New York, NY W 21-7 7,125 Columbia Loses; Lions' 7th Straight Loss to Harvard Thomas Rogers September 18, 1977 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. September 24 UMass<ncg> Harvard Stadium Boston, MA L 0-17 9,000–10,116 Fallon Resurfaces as UMass Stuns Harvard, 17-0 Joe Concannon September 25, 1977 70 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56250256/1977-ivies-9-24 Final 1977 Cumulative Football Statistics Report https://stats.ncaa.org/team/400/stats/12867 National Collegiate Athletic Association December 24, 2022 October 1 Colgate<ncg> Harvard Stadium Boston, MA L 21-38 25,000 Colgate Clips Crimson, 38-21 Harry Eisenberg October 2, 1977 79 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56251872/1977-colgate-harvard October 8 @ Cornell Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY W 17-7 8,000 Cornell Gone with Wind, Harvard Breezes, 17-7 Ernie Roberts October 9, 1977 78 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56253611/1977-cornell-harvard October 15 Dartmouth Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) W 31-25 26,500 Harvard and Yale Win; Big Green Toppled First Time, 31-25 Deane McGowen The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 16, 1977 S1 October 22 Princeton Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) L 7-20 19,000 Isom, Tigers Shove Harvard into Ivy Jam, 20-7 Joe Concannon October 23, 1977 72 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56256421/1977-harvard-princeton October 29 @ Brown Brown Stadium Providence, RI L 15-20 17,000 Harvard Bows to Brown; Crimson Drops Out of Tie at Top Parton Keese The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 30, 1977 S6 November 5 Penn Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) W 34-15 15,000 Harvard Wins; Crimson Air Game Routs Penn, 34-15 Deane McGowen The New York Times New York, N.Y. November 6, 1977 S1 November 12 @ Yale Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game) L 7-24 64,685 Yale Crushes Harvard, 24 to 7, and Captures Ivy League Title William N. Wallace The New York Times New York, N.Y. November 13, 1977 S1
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