1939 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season August 2023 December 2025 1939 Harvard Crimson football Independent 4–4 Dick Harlow 5th Harvard Stadium The 1939 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 162 to 67.1939 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football April 11, 2020 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/harvard/1939-schedule.htmlhttp://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Media_Center_Football_Yearly_Results Harvard Football Yearly Records GoCrimson.com Harvard University June 25, 2019 August 14, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140814061951/http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Media_Center_Football_Yearly_Results dead Harvard was ranked at No. 57 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth E. E. Litkenhous Johnson City Sunday Press December 31, 1939 11 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123000367/vols-second-in-final-litkenhous-grid/ Newspapers.com The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Schedule y y October 7 1939 Bates Bobcats Bates Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 20-0 Harvard Swamps Little Bates, 20-0 New York Daily News October 8, 1939 99 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122166233/harvard-swamps-little-bates-20-0/ Newspapers.com October 14 at Chicago Stagg Field Chicago, IL W 61-0 Harvard Backs Parade Against Maroons, 61-0 Chicago Tribune Charles Bartlett October 14, 1939 II-1, II-4 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122166455/harvard-backs-parade-against-maroons/ Newspapers.com October 21 Penn Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) L 7-22 30,000 Gustafson Leads Penn To 22-7 Triumph: Quakers Rush From Behind, Beat Harvard The Philadelphia Inquirer Cy Peterman October 22, 1939 1S https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122166825/gustafson-leads-penn-to-22-7-triumph/ Newspapers.com October 28 Dartmouth BostonStadium Cambridge, MA (rivalry) L 0-16 35,000 Dartmouth Power Raps Harvard, 16-0 New York Daily News October 29, 1939 C40 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122167013/dartmouth-power-raps-harvard-16-0/ Newspapers.com November 4 at Princeton Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry) L 6-9 Princeton Beats Harvard, 9 to 6 New York Daily News Bob Sylvester November 5, 1939 C38 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122161332/princeton-beats-harvard-9-to-6/ Newspapers.com November 11 Army Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 15-0 45,000 Harvard Routs Army, 15-0, in Second Half New York Daily News November 12, 1939 92 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122167168/harvard-routs-army-15-0-in-second-half/ Newspapers.com November 18 New Hampshire Harvard Stadium Boston, MA W 46-0 15,000 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/42818125/harvard_leading_330_macdonald_star/ Harvard Leading, 33-0; Macdonald Star The Boston Globe 1 November 18, 1939 January 22, 2020 newspapers.comhttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/42818222/harvard/ Harvard— The Boston Globe 7 November 18, 1939 January 22, 2020 newspapers.com November 25 Yale Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry) L 7-20 52,000 Yale's 'Worst' Whips Harvard New York Daily News November 26, 1939 39C https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122167361/yales-worst-whips-harvard/ Newspapers.com References Harvard Category:Harvard Crimson football seasons Harvard Crimson football Category:1930s in Boston