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1964 Harvard Crimson football team
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1964 Harvard Crimson football Ivy League Ivy 6–3 5–2 John Yovicsin 8th James S. Lentz 3rd John F. O’Brien Harvard Stadium
The 1964 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1964 NCAA University Division football season. Harvard finished second in the Ivy League.
In their eighth year under head coach John Yovicsin, the Crimson compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents 131 to 123. John F. O’Brien 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 was the second-best in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 90 to 85.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 23
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
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y y September 26 UMass<ncg> Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 20-14 20,000–21,000 Harvard Defeats Redmen, 20 to 14 Deane McGowen September 27, 1964 S8 The New York Times New York, N.Y. Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics https://stats.ncaa.org/team/400/stats/13327 National Collegiate Athletic Association December 24, 2022 October 3 Bucknell<ncg> Harvard Stadium Boston, MA L 21-24 14,000 Bucknell Shocks Harvard Jerry Nason October 4, 1964 77 The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/68932918/1964-bucknell-harvard/ Attendance figure in Bucknell 24, Harvard 21 October 4, 1964 4C The Hartford Courant Hartford, Conn. October 10 @ Columbia Baker Field New York, NY W 3-0 24,780 Harvard Defeats Columbia, 3 to 0 Lincoln A. Werden October 11, 1964 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 17 Cornell Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 16-0 8,000 Harvard Defeats Cornell by 16-0 Michael Strauss October 18, 1964 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 24 Dartmouth Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) L 0-48 32,500 Dartmouth Tops Harvard, 48-0; Half-Time Score 35-0 Michael Strauss October 25, 1964 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 31 Penn Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) W 34-0 10,000 Harvard Tops Penn, 34-0; Bilodeau Paces Crimson Michael Strauss November 1, 1964 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. November 7 @ Princeton Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ L 0-16 39,000 Harvard Is Crushed, 16-0; 3 Field Goals Help Frank Litsky November 8, 1964 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y. November 14 Brown Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 19-7 15,000 Harvard Sets Back Brown, 19-7, as Grant Scores on 82-Yard Return of Punt November 15, 1964 S5 The New York Times New York, N.Y. November 21 Yale Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game) W 18-14 39,909 Leo's 46-Yard Run Beats Elis, 18-14 William N. Wallace November 22, 1964 S1 The New York Times New York, N.Y.
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