1979 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1979 Harvard Crimson football Ivy League Ivy 3–6 3–4 Joe Restic 9th Michael G. Brown Harvard Stadium The 1979 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Harvard finished sixth in the Ivy League. In their ninth year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 3–6 record and were outscored 157 to 148. Michael G. 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 3–4 conference record placed sixth in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 131 to 123.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 28–29 Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Schedule 1979 NCAA Division I-AA AP y y y September 22 @ Columbia Baker Field New York, NY W 26-7 4,525 Harvard Wings Past Columbia Walter Haynes September 23, 1979 88 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56451457/1979-s22-ivies September 29 UMass<ncg> Harvard Stadium Boston, MA L 7-20 15,000 UMass Zings Crimson, 20-7 Joe Concannon September 30, 1979 70 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56456816/1979-harvard-umass October 6 No. T–3 Boston University<ncg> Harvard Stadium Boston, MA L 10-14 12,500 Jensen Lifts BU over Harvard Harry Eisenberg October 7, 1979 42 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56459585/1979-harvard-bu October 13 @ Cornell Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY L 14-41 9,000 Cornell Adds to Harvard Plight Lesley Visser Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. October 14, 1979 50 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56460414/1979-o13-ivies Newspapers.com October 20 Dartmouth Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) L 7-10 32,000 Sawch Kicks Green over Harvard, 10-7 Ernie Roberts Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. October 21, 1979 58 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56461177/1979-dartmouth-harvard Newspapers.com October 27 Princeton Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) L 7-9 15,000 Harvard Falls Lesley Visser October 28, 1979 82 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56462309/1979-harvard-princeton November 3 @ Brown Brown Stadium Providence, RI L 14-23 8,760 Brown Tips Harvard Ernie Roberts November 4, 1979 52 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/ November 10 Penn Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) W 41-26 7,500 Harvard Wins ... at Last Joe Concannon November 11, 1979 52 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56465401/1979-harvard-penn November 17 @ Yale Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game) W 22-7 72,000 Harvard Gets Up, Yale Goes Down, 22-7 Joe Concannon November 18, 1979 71 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56467705/1979-harvard-yale References Harvard Category:Harvard Crimson football seasons Harvard Crimson football Harvard Crimson football