1966 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1966 Harvard Crimson football Ivy League Ivy 8–1 6–1 John Yovicsin 10th James S. Lentz 5th Justin P. Hughes Harvard Stadium Ivy League co-champion The 1966 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1966 NCAA University Division football season. Harvard shared the championship of the Ivy League in a three-way tie. In their tenth year under head coach John Yovicsin, the Crimson compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents 231 to 60. Justin P. Hughes 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 6–1 conference record earned a three-way tie for first place in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 156 to 53.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 defeated one of its co-champions, Dartmouth, and suffered its lone loss to the other co-champion, Princeton. Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Actor Tommy Lee Jones was a guard on the team. Schedule y y y AP 1966 September 24 Lafayette<ncg> Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 30-7 13,000 Harvard Slaps Lafayette, 30-7 Jerry Nason September 25, 1966 51 The Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/69144130/1966-harvard-lafayette/ Attendance figure in Harvard Junior Beats Lafayette September 25, 1966 3D Democrat and Chronicle Rochester, N.Y. October 1 1966 Tufts Jumbos Tufts<ncg> Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 45-0 7,982 Harvard Eleven Routs Tufts, 45-0 United Press International The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 2, 1966 S6 October 8 @ Columbia Baker Field New York, NY W 34-7 17,238 Columbia Routed by Harvard, 34-7 Joseph M. Sheehan The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 9, 1966 S1 October 15 Cornell Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 21-0 23,000 Crimson Defeats Cornell; Passes Pace 21-0 Victory Allison Danzig The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 16, 1966 S1 October 22 Dartmouth Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) W 19-14 39,909 A Late Rally by Crimson Downs Dartmouth, 19-14 Allison Danzig The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 23, 1966 S1 October 29 Penn Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) W 27-7 20,000 Harvard Tops Penn, 27-7; 6th in Row for Crimson Dave Anderson The New York Times New York, N.Y. October 30, 1966 S1 November 5 @ Princeton Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ L 14-18 35,000 Princeton Scores Upset; Harvard Beaten Allison Danzig The New York Times New York, N.Y. November 6, 1966 S1 November 12 Brown Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 24-7 11,000 Harvard Overcomes Slow Start and 7-0 Deficit to Defeat Brown by 24-7 Michael Strauss The New York Times New York, N.Y. November 13, 1966 S6 November 19 Yale Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game) W 17-0 41,000 Crimson Wins, 17-0; Leo Scores Twice and Defense Shuts Down on Yale Eleven Joseph Durso The New York Times New York, N.Y. November 20, 1966 S1 References Harvard Category:Harvard Crimson football seasons Category:Ivy League football champion seasons Harvard Crimson football Category:1960s in Boston