2003 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 2003 Harvard Crimson football Harvard Crimson logo.svg 100 Ivy League Ivy 7–3 4–3 Tim Murphy 10th Dave Cecchini 1st Spread Kevin Doherty 2nd 3–4 Dante Balestracci Harvard Stadium The 2003 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Harvard tied for second in the Ivy League. In their 10th year under head coach Tim Murphy, the Crimson compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents 317 to 221. Dante Balestracci 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 The Crimson's 4–3 conference record placed them in a four-way tie for second in the Ivy League standings. Harvard outscored Ivy opponents 212 to 151.https://ivyleague.com/documents/2017/8/23/3_Year_By_Year_History_2017.pdf Ivy League Football Media Guide Year-by-Year History Ivy League Princeton, N.J. 2017 July 10, 2020 40–41 Harvard began the year unranked, but a six-game winning streak to start the season saw it enter the national top 25 in early October and climb as high as No. 16. November losses to two unranked opponents dropped the Crimson from the rankings, and they finished the year outside the top 25. Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Schedule 2003 NCAA Division I-AA The Sports Network y y y September 20 @ Holy Cross<ncg> Fitton Field Worcester, MA W 43-23 10,312 Fitzpatrick Hits the Books Pete May September 21, 2003 C13 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60915273/2003-harvard-hc/ September 27 Brown Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 52-14 9,460 Fitzpatrick and Crimson Drive Home Their Points Mark Blaudschun September 28, 2003 C15 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60917837/2003-brown-harvard/ October 4 #10 2003 Northeastern Huskies Northeastern<ncg> Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 28-20 10,017 NU Given the Old 1-2 Michael Vega October 5, 2003 C9 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60922272/2003-harvard-nu/ October 11 @ Cornell 23 Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY W 27-0 6,123 Nothing New for Crimson Aaron Harlan October 12, 2003 C15 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60928408/2003-cornell-harvard/ October 18 Lafayette<ncg> 22 Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 34-27 8,326 Crimson Are Perfectly Fine Ron Indrisano October 19, 2003 C22 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60942000/2003-harvard-lafayette/ October 25 Princeton 20 Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) W 43-40 <OT> 14,086 Crimson Show Fight John Powers October 26, 2003 C18 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60953250/2003-harvard-princeton/ November 1 Dartmouth 16 Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) L 16-30 12,186 Green Crash Crimson's Stadium Party Tony Chamberlain November 2, 2003 D15 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60954901/2003-dartmouth-harvard/ November 8 @ Columbia 23 Wien Stadium New York, NY L 13-16 3,470 Crimson Take One on the Chin Elliott Denman November 9, 2003 C16 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60956335/2003-columbia-harvard/ November 15 #8 Penn Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) L 24-32 12,585 Penn Makes Up for Bad Memory, Beats Harvard Mike Jensen November 16, 2003 D5 The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60978413/2003-harvard-penn/ November 22 @ Yale Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game) W 37-19 53,136 No-Delivery Zone; Missed Chances Haunt Yale Tommy Hine November 23, 2003 E5, E6 Hartford Courant Hartford, Conn. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/60982642/2003-harvard-yale/ Harvard Crimson Schedule 2003 https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/108/season/2003 ESPN January 3, 2026 2003 Football Schedule https://gocrimson.com/sports/football/schedule/2003 Harvard University Athletics January 3, 2026 Roster 2003 Harvard Crimson f 14 Jr Ryan Fitzpatrick QB y https://gocrimson.com/sports/football/roster/2003 *Tim Murphy References Harvard Category:Harvard Crimson football seasons Harvard Crimson football Harvard Crimson football