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1938 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
CaptainBobby Green
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Seasons← 19371939 →
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Worcester Tech     6 0 0
No. 18 Villanova     8 0 1
No. 9 Holy Cross     8 1 0
Boston College     6 1 2
No. 15 Fordham     6 1 2
No. 12 Cornell     5 1 1
Army     8 2 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh     8 2 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech     7 2 0
No. 20 Dartmouth     7 2 0
Vermont     4 2 1
Brown     5 3 0
Bucknell     5 3 0
Syracuse     5 3 0
CCNY     4 3 0
Penn     3 2 3
Manhattan     5 4 0
Harvard     4 4 0
La Salle     4 4 0
NYU     4 4 0
Boston University     3 4 1
Penn State     3 4 1
Princeton     3 4 1
Hofstra     2 3 1
Duquesne     4 6 0
Temple     3 6 1
Providence     3 5 0
Columbia     3 6 0
Massachusetts State     3 6 0
Colgate     2 5 0
Buffalo     2 6 0
Yale     2 6 0
Tufts     1 6 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 157 to 106. The season began with four consecutive losses and ended with four consecutive wins.

Key players included halfbacks Frank Foley and Torbert "Torby" Macdonald, quarterback Cliff Wilson, ends Don Daughters and Bobby Green (also captain), and guard Nick Mellen.

The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1BrownL 13–2025,000
October 8Cornell
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 0–2035,000
October 15Army
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 17–2055,000
October 22 No. 4 Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 7–13
October 29PrincetonPrinceton, NJ (rivalry)W 26–7
November 5Chicago
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 47–1320,000
November 12Virginia
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 40–1315,000
November 19at YaleW 7–062,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1938 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  2. "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  3. "Brown Wins In Harvard Game, 20-13". The Hartford Courant. Associated Press. October 2, 1938. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Cornell Power Plays Flatten Harvard, 20-0". The New York Daily News. October 9, 1938. p. 38C – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Army Beats Harvard On Late Score, 20-17". New York Daily News. October 16, 1938. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Unbeaten Big Green Trims Harvard, 13-7". New York Daily News. October 23, 1938. p. 92 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Harvard Rips Tiger In Big 3 Clash, 26-7". New York Daily News. United Press. October 30, 1938. p. 39C – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Maroon Lead Fades; Lose To Harvard, 47-13". Chicago Tribune. November 6, 1938. p. II-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "U. Va. Beaten, 40 to 13, By Harvard". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Associated Press. November 13, 1938. pp. II-1, II-5 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. Gene Ward (November 20, 1938). "Harvard Gamble Trips Yale, 7-0". New York Daily News. p. 36C – via Newspapers.com.
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