2004 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 2004 Harvard Crimson football Harvard Crimson logo.svg 100 Ivy League Ivy 13 10–0 7–0 Tim Murphy 11th Dave Cecchini 2nd Spread Kevin Doherty 3rd 3–4 Harvard Stadium Ivy League champion The 2004 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Harvard finished the season with an overall record of 10–0, winning the Ivy league championship with a conference mark of 7–0. Schedule 2004 NCAA Division I-AA The Sports Network Eastern September 18 12:30 p.m. w y Holy Cross Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 35–0 9,513 Harvard Wastes No Time Tony Chamberlain September 19, 2004 C21 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61187882/2004-harvard-hc/ September 25 12:00 p.m. w y Brown Brown Stadium Providence, RI 35–34 9,278 Harvard: Never Give Up Frank Dell'Apa September 26, 2004 C15 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61189946/2004-brown-harvard/ October 2 1:00 p.m. w y y Lafayette Fisher Field Easton, PA LSN 38–23 5,365 Dawson Drives Crimson Tony Chamberlain October 3, 2004 C19 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61191756/2004-harvard-lafayette/ October 9 12:30 p.m. w Cornell Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 34–24 13,334 Victory Makes Balanced Crimson Beam Tony Chamberlain October 10, 2004 C14 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61204603/2004-cornell-harvard/ October 16 12:30 p.m. w y 2004 Northeastern Huskies Northeastern 19 Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 24–17 11,809 Harvard Is Perfectly Fine Once More Ron Indrisano October 17, 2004 F14 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61205887/2004-harvard-nu/ October 23 1:00 p.m. w y 22 Princeton Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ rivalry 39–14 14,304 Crimson Find the Range Mark Blaudschun October 24, 2004 C19 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61208698/2004-harvard-princeton/ October 30 12:30 p.m. w 21 y Dartmouth Memorial Field Hanover, NH rivalry 13–12 6,030 Clock Runs Out on the Big Green; Harvard Hangs On for Win Tony Chamberlain October 31, 2004 D9 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61210108/2004-dartmouth-harvard/ November 6 12:00 p.m. w 16 Columbia Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 38–0 10,046 Crimson Have 0 Tolerance for Columbia Paul Harber November 7, 2004 E18 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61212159/2004-columbia-harvard/ November 13 1:00 p.m. w y 15 Penn 17 Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA rivalry CN8 31–10 15,123 Penn's Ivy Streak Snapped by Harvard Ron Reid November 14, 2004 D20 The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61215977/2004-harvard-penn/ November 20 12:30 p.m. w 13 Yale Harvard Stadium Boston, MA The Game 35–3 30,308 Perfect Game: Long Returns Help Harvard Finish 10-0 Tommy Hine November 21, 2004 E11, E12 Hartford Courant Hartford, Conn. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61217965/2004-harvard-yale/ Harvard Crimson Schedule 2004 https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/108/season/2004 ESPN January 3, 2026 2004 Football Schedule https://gocrimson.com/sports/football/schedule/2004 Harvard University Athletics January 3, 2026 Rankings 2004 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings The Sports Network 0 13 NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 22 21 16 15 13 (1) 12 (2) 13 Game summaries Holy Cross 2004 Holy Cross Crusaders football team Crusaders 0 0 0 0 Crimson 7 22 6 0 Statistics HCHARV First downs 9 17 Total yards 131 325 Rushing yards 61 246 Passing yards 70 79 Turnovers 5 0 Time of possession 25:15 34:45 Team Category Player StatisticsHoly Cross Passing John O'Neil 10/26, 70 yards, 2 INT Rushing Steven Silva 5 rushes, 31 yards Receiving Brian Gavin 3 reception, 19 yardsHarvard Passing Ryan Fitzpatrick 7/15, 79 yards Rushing Clifton Dawson 21 rushes, 184 yards, 3 TD Receiving Brian Edwards 3 receptions, 28 yards At Brown 2004 Brown Bears football team Crimson 3 7 18 7 Bears 21 10 0 3 Statistics HARVBRWN First downs 19 25 Total yards 447 563 Rushing yards 184 250 Passing yards 263 313 Turnovers 1 1 Time of possession 27:03 31:08 Team Category Player StatisticsHarvard Passing Ryan Fitzpatrick 18/25, 263 yards, TD Rushing Clifton Dawson 23 rushes, 142 yards, 3 TD Receiving Corey Mazza 9 receptions, 140 yards, TDBrown Passing Joe DiGiacomo 18/33, 313 yards, TD Rushing Nick Hartigan 34 rushes, 175 yards, 2 TD Receiving Jarret Schreck 10 receptions, 253 yards, TD At Lafayette 2004 Lafayette Leopards football team Crimson 6 15 7 10 Leopards 7 3 7 6 Cornell 2004 Cornell Big Red football team Big Red 0 14 10 0 Crimson 6 15 6 7 Statistics CORHARV First downs 15 22 Total yards 412 495 Rushing yards 127 160 Passing yards 285 335 Turnovers 0 2 Time of possession 31:31 28:29 Team Category Player StatisticsCornell Passing D. 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Busch 16/38, 285 yards, TD Rushing Andre Hardaway 28 rushes, 130 yards, 2 TD Receiving Chad Nice 4 receptions, 122 yards, TDHarvard Passing Ryan Fitzpatrick 19/35, 317 yards, 2 TD, INT Rushing Ryan Fitzpatrick 17 rushes, 102 yards, TD Receiving Corey Mazza 9 receptions, 194 yards, 2 TD No. 19 Northeastern No. 19 Huskies 7 7 0 0 Crimson 7 17 14 3 At Princeton 2004 Princeton Tigers football team No. 22 Crimson 3 19 0 17 Tigers 14 0 0 0 Statistics HARVPRIN First downs 22 18 Total yards 416 204 Rushing yards 244 85 Passing yards 172 119 Turnovers 3 3 Time of possession 31:22 28:38 Team Category Player StatisticsHarvard Passing Ryan Fitzpatrick 14/31, 172 yards, TD, INT Rushing Clifton Dawson 31 rushes, 201 yards, 3 TD Receiving Brian Edwards 9 receptions, 129 yardsPrinceton Passing Matt Verbit 12/24, 119 yards, TD, 2 INT Rushing Jon Veach 15 rushes, 69 yards Receiving Greg Fields 3 receptions, 27 yards At Dartmouth 2004 Dartmouth Big Green football team No. 21 Crimson 0 10 0 3 Big Green 0 0 6 6 Columbia 2004 Columbia Lions football team Lions 0 0 0 0 No. 16 Crimson 14 7 17 0 At No. 17 Penn 2004 Penn Quakers football team No. 15 Crimson 7 7 17 0 No. 17 Quakers 3 0 7 0 Statistics HARVPENN First downs 23 18 Total yards 447 263 Rushing yards 243 68 Passing yards 204 195 Turnovers 2 3 Time of possession 34:07 25:53 Team Category Player StatisticsHarvard Passing Ryan Fitzpatrick 13/26, 186 yards, 2 TD, INT Rushing Clifton Dawson 33 rushes, 160 yards, TD Receiving Brian Edwards 4 receptions, 66 yards, TDPenn Passing Bryan Walker 18/30, 178 yards, TD, INT Rushing Sam Matthews 21 rushes, 57 yards Receiving Dan Castles 6 receptions, 62 yards, TD Yale 2004 Yale Bulldogs football team 2004 Harvard–Yale prank Bulldogs 0 3 0 0 No. 13 Crimson 7 14 14 0 Roster 2004 Harvard Crimson y Liam O'Hagan 2 QB Fr Corey Waller 4 WR Jr Garret Schires 7 QB Sr Danny Brown 11 WR So Todd LaFountaine 12 WR Jr Peter Wood 13 QB So Ryan Fitzpatrick 14 QB Sr y Mike Jones 16 QB So Chris Pizzotti 19 QB Fr y James Velissaris 29 RB So Charles Baakel 30 RB Fr Noah Van Neil 32 RB Fr Clifton Dawson 33 TB So y Nick Carrington 36 RB Sr Peter Scully 38 WR Jr Will Bailey 42 FB Fr Ryan Tyler 42 WR Jr Kelly Widman 44 FB Jr Andy Smith 54 C Sr John Bechdol 56 OL Sr Will Johnson 57 OL Jr Adam Kulczycky 58 G Jr Beamer Eisele 62 OL Fr Dustin Stevens 63 OL Sr Tom Rodger 65 OL Fr Frank Fernandez 67 OT So David Paine 68 OL Fr Jon Medley 70 OL So Max McKibben 71 OT Sr Andrew Brecher 72 OT So Mike Frey 73 OT Sr Ryan Browne 75 OT So Nik Sobic 76 OT Jr Bennett Kowalk 77 OT Jr Brian Lapham 78 OT Sr Joe Kawczenski 79 OT Sr B. 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Merriweather 80 WR Fr Brian Edwards 82 WR Sr Corey Mazza 83 WR So Ryan Darnell 84 WR Fr Dan Lane 84 TE So Clayton Gibson 87 WR So Mark Higgins 88 TE So Matt Lagace 89 WR Fr Adam Jenkins 98 TE Sr Keith Howell 5 DB Jr Dylan McCrory 6 LB So Gary Sonkur 8 DB Sr James Harvey 9 DB Sr Brian Niemczak 10 S Sr Joe Murt 18 DB Fr Daniel Turner 19 DB Fr Ricky Williamson 20 DB Sr John Scott 21 DB Jr Mike Finch 22 DB Fr Doug Hewlett 23 LB Fr Sean Tracy 24 DB Sr Steven Williams 25 DB Fr Robert Balkema 26 LB Jr Joaquin Sanchez 27 LB Jr Tep Royster 28 DB Fr Neil Sherlock 28 LB So Keegan Toci 31 DB So John Hopkins 34 DB Fr Adam Miller 35 LB So Ryan Tully 37 S So Russel Schober 39 FS Fr Matt Thomas 40 LB Jr Bobby Everett 43 LB Sr Mike Lucas 45 LB Jr Alex Lewis 46 LB Fr Gary Garcia 47 LB Jr Geof LeBus 48 DB Jr Coesen Ngweun 49 DT Sr Michael Plumlee 51 DE Fr Eric Kester 52 DT Fr Wainwright Wint 53 DT Jr Luke Lippai 55 DT Jr Sam Workman 59 DE So David Kunst 60 DT So Dave McDonald 60 DT Fr Matt Drazba 61 DT Fr Felipe Heiderich 64 DT Fr Matt McBurney 66 DT Sr Alex Obrecht 71 OLB Fr Brad Bagdis 81 DE Fr Desmond Bryant 90 DE Fr y Matt Farbotko 91 DE So Jason O'Neill 92 DE Jr Doug Bennett 93 DE Sr Grant Jacobs 94 DE Jr Erik Lawler 95 DE Fr Michael Berg 96 DT So Erik Grimm 97 DE Jr Matt Schindel 1 K P Fr Clem McDavid 15 P So Mike King 17 P Jr https://gocrimson.com/sports/football/roster/2004 January 11, 2024 Tim Murphy Dave CecchiniOffensive coordinator/Quarterbacks/Wide receivers Kevin DohertyDefensive coordinator/Associate head coach References Harvard Category:Harvard Crimson football seasons Category:Ivy League football champion seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Harvard Crimson football Harvard Crimson football