1980 Harvard Crimson football team

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1980 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIvy League
Record7–3 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainCharles F. Durst
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Seasons
← 1979
1981 →
1980 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Yale $ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Cornell 5 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Harvard 4 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Brown 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Princeton 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Dartmouth 4 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Penn 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Columbia 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1980 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Harvard tied for third place in the Ivy League.

In their tenth year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents 159 to 138. Charles F. Durst was the team captain.[1]

Harvard's 4–3 conference record tied for third in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson were evenly matched by Ivy opponents, with 106 points scored and 106 points against.[2]

Ivy League football teams expanded their schedules to 10 games in 1980, making this the first year since 1953 that the Crimson played three games against non-Ivy opponents.

Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 Columbia
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 26–6 10,000 [3]
September 27 Holy Cross*
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 14–13 18,000 [4]
October 4 at Army*
W 15–10 38,479 [5]
October 11 Cornell
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 20–12 10,000 [6]
October 18 at Dartmouth
L 12–30 20,000 [7]
October 25 at Princeton
L 3–7 6,868 [8]
November 1 Brown
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 17–16 16,000 [9]
November 8 William & Mary*
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 24–13 10,000 [10]
November 15 at Penn
W 28–17 5,917 [11]
November 22 Yale
L 0–14 41,000 [12]
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 29. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Verigan, Bill (September 21, 1980). "Harvard Rolls Up 394 Total Yards as Hapless Columbia Falls 26-6". Daily News. New York, N.Y. Sports p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Roberts, Ernie (September 28, 1980). "HC Can't Convert; Harvard Escapes". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Concannon, Joe (October 5, 1980). "Harvard Surprises Army". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 60 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 12, 1980). "Harvard Rolls On". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 56 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Roberts, Ernie (October 19, 1980). "Dartmouth Rips Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Concannon, Joe (October 26, 1980). "Harvard Falls Again". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 54 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Powers, John (November 2, 1980). "Buckley, Harvard End Brown Hex -- Barely". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 48 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Visser, Lesley (November 9, 1980). "Harvard Tops Wm. & Mary". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 78 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Visser, Lesley (November 16, 1980). "Harvard Rally Beats Penn". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 86 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Concannon, Joe (November 23, 1980). "Yale Gets Its Revenge, 14-0; Defense Ends Harvard Hopes". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 71 – via Newspapers.com.
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