2017 Harvard Crimson football team

2017 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	5–5 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach	Tim Murphy (24th season)
Offensive coordinator	Joel Lamb (12th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Scott Larkee (9th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium

2017 Ivy League football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 24 Yale $		6	–	1					9	–	1
Columbia		5	–	2					8	–	2
Dartmouth		5	–	2					8	–	2
Penn		4	–	3					6	–	4
Harvard		3	–	4					5	–	5
Cornell		3	–	4					3	–	7
Princeton		2	–	5					5	–	5
Brown		0	–	7					2	–	8
$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 24th-year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 5–5 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play to tie for fifth place. Harvard averaged 10,411 fans per game.

Schedule

The 2017 schedule consisted of five home games and five away games. The Crimson hosted Ivy League foes Brown, Princeton, Dartmouth, and Penn, and traveled to Cornell, Columbia, and Yale for the 134th edition of The Game.

Harvard's non-conference opponents were Rhode Island of the Colonial Athletic Association, and Georgetown and Lafayette of the Patriot League.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 16	1:00 p.m.	at Rhode Island*	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI		L 10–17	3,812
September 23	Noon	Brown	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	NESN+	W 45–28	10,651
September 30	2:00 p.m.	at Georgetown*	RFK Stadium Washington, DC	STADIUM	W 41–2	3,256
October 7	1:30 p.m.	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	ELVN	L 14–17	7,313
October 14	Noon	Lafayette*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	NESN	W 38–10	10,025
October 20	7:30 p.m.	Princeton	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	NBCSN	L 17–52	10,114
October 28	Noon	Dartmouth	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	NESN	W 25–22	11,143
November 4	1:00 p.m.	at Columbia	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY	ELVN	W 21–14	7,011
November 11	Noon	Penn	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	NESN+	L 6–23	10,122
November 18	12:30 p.m.	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	CNBC	L 3–24	51,426
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Rhode Island

See also: 2017 Rhode Island Rams football team

Harvard vs. Rhode Island – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Harvard	3	7	0	0	10
Rhode Island	0	17	0	0	17

at Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI

• Date: September 16
• Game time: 1:00 p.m.
• Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C); nice, breezy
• Game attendance: 3,812
• Referee: M. Sechrist
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Brown

See also: 2017 Brown Bears football team

Brown vs. Harvard – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Brown	2	0	0	26	28
Harvard	14	7	17	7	45

at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA

• Date: September 23
• Game time: Noon
• Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C); partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 10,651
• Referee: C. Jebran
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Georgetown

See also: 2017 Georgetown Hoyas football team

Harvard vs. Georgetown – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Harvard	14	17	3	7	41
Georgetown	0	2	0	0	2

at Cooper Field • Washington, D.C.

• Date: September 16
• Game time: 2:00 p.m.
• Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 3,256
• Referee: M. Overton
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Cornell

See also: 2017 Cornell Big Red football team

Harvard vs. Cornell – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Harvard	7	7	0	0	14
Cornell	0	7	7	3	17

at Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY

• Date: October 7
• Game time: 1:30 p.m.
• Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C); partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 7,313
• Referee: J. Gansiejewski
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter HAR – L. Northington, 1 yard run, Jake McIntyre XP good, 5:50 (HAR 7–0) Second quarter HAR – Jake Barann, 36 yard pass from Jake Smith, McIntyre XP good, 9:43 (HAR 14–0) COR – Jake Jatis, 2 yard run, Zach Mays XP good, 3:02 (HAR 14–7) Third quarter COR – Jatis, 2 yard run, Mays XP good, 5:45 (TIE 14–14) Fourth quarter COR – Mays, 27 yard field goal, 9:58 (COR 17–14)

Lafayette

See also: 2017 Lafayette Leopards football team

Lafayette vs. Harvard – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Lafayette	7	0	3	0	10
Harvard	14	7	10	7	38

at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA

• Date: October 14
• Game time: Noon
• Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); cloudy
• Game attendance: 10,025
• Referee: T. Kichline
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Princeton

See also: 2017 Princeton Tigers football team and Harvard–Princeton football rivalry

Princeton vs. Harvard – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Princeton	10	21	14	7	52
Harvard	0	10	0	7	17

at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA

• Date: October 20
• Game time: 7:30 p.m.
• Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); warm, breezy
• Game attendance: 10,114
• Referee: M. Sechrist
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Dartmouth

See also: 2017 Dartmouth Big Green football team and Dartmouth–Harvard football rivalry

Dartmouth vs. Harvard – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Dartmouth	7	7	0	8	22
Harvard	0	6	6	13	25

at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA

• Date: October 28
• Game time: Noon
• Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); cloudy
• Game attendance: 11,143
• Referee: H. Wimberg
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Columbia

See also: 2017 Columbia Lions football team

Harvard vs. Columbia – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Harvard	0	14	7	0	21
Columbia	7	0	0	7	14

at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium • New York, NY

• Date: November 4
• Game time: 1:00 p.m.
• Game weather: 55 °F (13 °C); mix of clouds and sun
• Game attendance: 7,011
• Referee: K. Hudson
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Penn

See also: 2017 Penn Quakers football team and Harvard–Penn football rivalry

Penn vs. Harvard – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Penn	7	3	10	3	23
Harvard	0	3	3	0	6

at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA

• Date: November 11
• Game time: Noon
• Game weather: 38 °F (3 °C); sunny, breezy
• Game attendance: 10,122
• Referee: W. Boyd
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter

Yale ("The Game")

See also: 2017 Yale Bulldogs football team and Harvard–Yale football rivalry

Harvard vs. Yale – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Harvard	3	0	0	0	3
Yale	0	17	0	7	24

at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT

• Date: November 18
• Game time: 12:30 p.m.
• Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C); cloudy
• Game attendance: 51,426
• Referee: H. Johns
• Box Score

Game information
First quarter Second quarter Third quarter Fourth quarter