1873–74 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1873 Harvard Crimson football Harvard varsity football team, photograph, 1874.jpg 280px Independent 1–0–1 None Henry R. Grant Jarvis Field none The 1873–74 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1873 college football season. The team played only two intercollegiate games, both against the team from McGill University in Cambridge, with one game ending in a Harvard victory and the other ending in a scoreless tie.http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Media_Center_Football_Yearly_Results Harvard Football Yearly Records GoCrimson.com Harvard University August 13, 2014 August 14, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140814061951/http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Media_Center_Football_Yearly_Results dead The first game was played under Harvard's rules, while the second game played using McGill's rules on May 15, 1874, was the first rugby-style football game played in the United States. No Christian End! The Journey to Camp: The Origins of American Football to 1889 Professional Football Researchers Association http://www.profootballresearchers.com/articles/No_Christian_End.pdf 2010-01-26https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2090813/boston_post/ Foot Ball Boston Post May 16, 1874 Newspapers.com The team captain was Henry R. Grant.Thirty-nine Years Of Football http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1913/11/22/thirty-nine-years-of-football-ptodays-contest/ January 1, 2018 Harvard Crimson November 22, 1913 Schedule May 14, 1874 w McGill Cambridge, MA 3–0 May 15, 1874 t McGill first rugby football game in U.S. Jarvis Field Cambridge, MA 0–0 Foot Ball https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98478411/the-boston-globe/ The Boston Daily Globe Boston, Massachusetts May 16, 1874 8 March 27, 2022 Newspapers.com See also 1874 Harvard vs. McGill football game Early history of American football References Harvard Category:Harvard Crimson football seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Harvard Crimson football Harvard Crimson football