1910 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1910 Harvard Crimson football 1910 harvard football squad.jpg 250 Independent 9–0–1 Percy Haughton 3rd Harvard Stadium National champion The 1910 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1910 college football season. In its third year under head coach Percy Haughton, the Crimson compiled an 8–0–1 record, shut out seven of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 155 to 5.1910 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC S/R College Football March 26, 2022 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/harvard/1910-schedule.html There was no contemporaneous system in 1910 for determining a national champion. However, Harvard was retroactively named as the national champion by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, and Houlgate System, and as a co-national champion by the National Championship Foundation.http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/FBS.pdf 2020 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records The National Collegiate Athletic Association July 2020 Indianapolis January 12, 2021 November 1, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201101032438/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2020/FBS.pdf live 112–114 Three Harvard players were consensus first-team selections on the 1910 All-American football team: halfback Percy Wendell, guard Bob Fisher, and tackle Robert McKay.Football Award Winners National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 2016 October 21, 2017 6 http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2016/awards.pdf Other notable players included fullback/halfback Hamilton Corbett (chosen as All-American by Wilton S. Farnsworth of the New York Evening Journal),Farnsworth, W.S. Picking All-Stars Is No Easy Task: Backfield Men Show Greater Individuality Then Men on the Line and Are More Easily Chosen The Billings Daily Gazette 1910-12-04 ends Lawrence Dunlap Smith and Richard Plimpton Lewis, tackle Lothrop "Ted" Withington, and guard Wayland Minot (chosen as first-team All-American by The New York Times).5 HARVARD MEN ON ALL-AMERICAN TEAM; Superiority of Crimson Players Earns Places on Picked Football Eleven The New York Times 1910-12-04 https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/12/04/105102449.pdf PDF Schedule September 28 3:30 p.m. w 1910 Bates Bobcats Bates Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 22–0 4,000 Harvard Scores 22 to Bates' 0 The Boston Globe September 29, 1910 6 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98457225/harvard-scores-22-to-bates-0/ Newspapers.comHarvard Meets Bates The Boston Globe September 28, 1910 14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98463994/harvard-meets-bates/ Newspapers.com October 1 3:00 p.m. w 1910 Bowdoin Polar Bears Bowdoin Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 32–0 Harvard Swamps Bowdoin, 32 to 0 The Boston Globe October 2, 1910 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98456992/harvard-swamps-bowdoin-32-to-0/ Newspapers.comMuch Changed Team Meets Bowdoin Today The Boston Globe October 1, 1910 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98464259/much-changed-team-meets-bowdoin-today/ Newspapers.com October 8 3:00 p.m. w 1910 Williams Ephs Williams Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 21–0 > 10,000 Playing Good Football, Harvard Wins, 21 to 0 The Boston Globe October 9, 1910 16 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98456732/playing-good-football-harvard-wins-21/ Newspapers.comHarvard Has a Last Season's Score to Settle With Williams This Afternoon The Boston Globe October 8, 1910 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98464670/harvard-has-a-last-seasons-score-to/ Newspapers.com October 15 3:00 p.m. w 1910 Amherst Amherst Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 17–0 Harvard Gains 17-to-0 Victory: Amherst, With a Bit of Luck, Early Threatens, But Never Again The Boston Globe October 16, 1910 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98456434/harvard-gains-17-to-0-victory-amherst/ Newspapers.comHarvard in Shape for Amherst Lads The Boston Globe October 15, 1910 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98465003/harvard-in-shape-for-amherst-lads/ Newspapers.com October 19 w All-Stars Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 6–0 3,000 Harvard by 6-0: All-Stars Give Varsity Good Hard Tussle -- Field Goals Win The Boston Globe October 20, 1910 7 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98456131/harvard-by-6-0-all-stars-give-varsity/ Newspapers.com October 22 w Brown Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 12–0 Harvard Gains 12-0 Triumph Over Brown: Luck of the Game Is With Crimson Team in Battle That Comes Close to Being a Draw The Boston Globe Melville E. Webb Jr. October 23, 1910 1, 14 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98455674/harvard-gains-12-0-triumph-over-brown/ Newspapers.com October 29 w y Army The Plain West Point, NY 6–0 Cadets Played to a Standstill: Ball Never Theirs on Harvard Side Of Field, Yet Score Is 6-0 The Boston Globe Melville E. Webb Jr. October 30, 1910 1, 16 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98454496/cadets-played-to-a-standstill-ball/ Newspapers.com November 5 w Cornell Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 27–5 10,000 Harvard Wins by 27-5: Cornell First to Cross Crimson's Goal Line The Boston Globe November 6, 1910 1, 8 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98454083/harvard-wins-by-27-5-cornell-first-to/ Newspapers.com November 12 w Dartmouth Harvard Stadium Boston, MA rivalry 18–0 Harvard Gains 18-to-0 Victory Over Dartmouth The Boston Globe W.S. Barnes Jr. November 13, 1910 1, 16 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98454838/harvard-gains-18-to-0-victory-over/ Newspapers.com November 19 t y Yale Yale Field New Haven, CT rivalry 0–0 33,000 Harvard Held to 0-to-0 Tie: Yale Gives Big Red Team Surprise and Shock The Boston Globe Melville E. Webb Jr. and W.D. Sullivan November 20, 1910 1, 16, 17 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98455126/harvard-held-to-0-to-0-tie-yale-gives/ Newspapers.com Harvard 0 and Yale 0, New Haven, Conn., Nov. 19, 1910 LCCN2007663687.tif 700px football game Harvard tied Yale, 0-0. Roster Amory, C Blodgett, G Bush, T Thomas J. Campbell, HB Hamilton Corbett, HB Sam Felton, T Bob Fisher, G T. Frothingham, HB Gardner, QB Graustein, HB Hann, T Hollister, E Huntington, G Johnson, QB Jowett, E F. Leslie, T H. Leslie, FB Richard Plimpton Lewis, E Long, E Robert McKay, T Wayland Minot, G Morrison, HB O'Flaherty, E Derrick Parmenter, G Perkins, C Pierce, HB Potter, QB Lawrence Dunlap Smith, E P. Smith, C Stow, G Tryon, FB Percy Wendell, HB Richard B. Wigglesworth, QB Lothrop Withington, T References Harvard Category:Harvard Crimson football seasons Category:College football national champions Category:College football undefeated seasons Harvard Crimson football Category:1910s in Boston