1997 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1997 Harvard Crimson football Ivy League Ivy 9–1 7–0 Tim Murphy 4th Jay Mills 2nd Joe Philbin 1st Multiple Mark Harriman 4th Harvard Stadium Ivy League champion The 1997 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Harvard finished the season with an overall record of 9–1, winning the Ivy league with a conference mark of 7–0, the first time Harvard had ever gone unbeaten and untied in Ivy League play.https://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Football_All-Time_Coaching_Records_Media_Center Media Center: Harvard Crimson Football - All-Time Coaching Records Harvard March 18, 2019 March 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220515/http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Football_All-Time_Coaching_Records_Media_Center dead Schedule 1997 September 20 w Columbia Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 45–7 7,658 Harvard Opening Act Is a Smash Bob Monahan September 21, 1997 C20 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59317496/1997-columbia-harvard/ September 27 w y y Lehigh Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA 35–30 11,107 Lehigh's Rally Falls Short vs. Harvard Gary R. Blockus September 28, 1997 C1 The Morning Call Allentown, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59318736/1997-harvard-lehigh/ October 4 l y y Bucknell Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA 20–24 4,330 Bucknell Bets Harvard, Goes 4-0 for First Time Since 1954 October 5, 1997 C1, C10 The Daily Item Sunbury, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59360729/1997-bucknell-harvard/ October 11 w y Cornell Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY 34–9 5,287 Harvard Gets Some Revenge Joe Concannon October 12, 1997 C16, C17 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59363078/1997-cornell-harvard/ October 18 w y Holy Cross Harvard Stadium Boston, MA 52–24 7,094 Menick, Harvard in a Rush Jim Greenidge October 19, 1997 D17 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59364656/1997-harvard-hc/ October 25 w Princeton Harvard Stadium Boston, MA rivalry 14–12 8,480 Sloppy Harvard Win Sets Up Neat Match Joe Concannon October 26, 1997 F14 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59376157/1997-o25-ivies/ November 1 w y Dartmouth Memorial Field Hanover, NH rivalry 24–0 13,111 Harvard Takes Over Ivy by Pounding Dartmouth Joe Concannon November 2, 1997 D14 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59377574/1997-dartmouth-harvard/ November 8 w y Brown Brown Stadium Providence, RI 27–10 3,188 Early Brown-Out No Sweat for Harvard Marvin Pave November 9, 1997 C21 Boston Sunday Globe Boston, Mass. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59378961/1997-brown-harvard/ November 15 w Penn Harvard Stadium Boston, MA rivalry 33–0 5,452 Harvard Jumps All Over Quakers, 33-0 Mike Jensen November 16, 1997 C7 The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pa. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59380214/1997-harvard-penn/ November 22 w Yale Yale Bowl New Haven, CT The Game 17–7 26,064 Elis Shown How It's Done Bruce Berlet November 23, 1997 C9 The Hartford Courant Hartford, Conn. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59381125/1997-harvard-yale/ https://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/1997-98/Schedule 1997 Harvard football Schedule Harvard January 17, 2019 November 13, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171113001604/http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/1997-98/Schedule dead References Harvard Category:Harvard Crimson football seasons Category:Ivy League football champion seasons Harvard Crimson football Harvard Crimson football