1982 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1982 Harvard Crimson football Ivy League Ivy 7–3 5–2 Joe Restic 12th Greg Brown Harvard Stadium Ivy League co-champion The 1982 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Crimson were one of three co-champions of the Ivy League. In their 12th year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents 259 to 136. Greg Brown 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 put it in a three-way tie atop the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 191 to 88.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 30 Despite having the best in-conference and overall point differentials of the three, Harvard lost its head-to-head matchups against both of its co-champions, Dartmouth and Penn. This was Harvard's first year in Division I-AA, after having competed in the top-level Division I-A and its predecessors since 1873. Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Schedule 1982 NCAA Division I-AA NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Eastern y y y September 18 Columbia Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 27-16 8,500 Harvard Flexes Its Muscle Bob Duffy September 19, 1982 52 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56874034/1982-columbia-harvard/ September 25 UMass<ncg> Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 31-14 12,500 Allard Sets Harvard Record Bob Duffy September 26, 1982 70 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56875216/1982-harvard-umass/ October 2 2:00 p.m. @ Army<ncg> Michie Stadium West Point, NY L 13-17 39,830 Army Stymies Harvard Drive Jack Craig October 3, 1982 80 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56879633/1982-harvard-army/ October 9 Cornell Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 25-13 8,000 Harvard Reigns, Blows off Cornell October 10, 1982 39 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56880533/1982-cornell-harvard/ October 16 @ Dartmouth Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry) L 12-14 17,416 Dartmouth Stiffens, Holds Off Harvard Ernie Roberts October 17, 1982 56 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56883054/1982-dartmouth-harvard/ October 23 @ Princeton Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry) W 27-15 19,824 Harvard Breaks Hex Joe Concannon October 24, 1982 83 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56884468/1982-harvard-princeton/ October 30 Brown Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 34-0 18,000 Harvard D-Feats Brown for a Piece of First Joe Concannon October 31, 1982 54 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56887531/1982-brown-harvard/ November 6 @ #7 Holy Cross<ncg> Fitton Field Worcester, MA W 24-17 20,681 Allard, Harvard Make History Ernie Roberts November 7, 1982 73 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56898110/1982-harvard-hc/ November 13 @ Penn Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA L 21-23 34,746 Penn Trips Harvard, Clinches Tie for Title Joe Logan November 14, 1982 1-E The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56899502/1982-harvard-penn/ November 20 Yale Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game) W 45-7 40,000 Harvard Gives Yale a Pasting Ginny Apple November 21, 1982 D1, D2 The Hartford Courant Hartford, Conn. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56916810/1982-harvard-yale/ References Harvard Category:Harvard Crimson football seasons Category:Ivy League football champion seasons Harvard Crimson football Harvard Crimson football