1993 Harvard Crimson football team

1993 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	3–7 (1–6 Ivy)
Head coach	Joe Restic (23rd season)
Captain	Brian Ramer
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium

1993 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 16 Penn $	7	–	0	–	0			10	–	0	–	0
Dartmouth	6	–	1	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Princeton	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Brown	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Cornell	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Yale	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Harvard	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Columbia	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1993 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Harvard tied for last in the Ivy League.

In their 23rd and final year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 3–7 record and were outscored 279 to 233. Brian Ramer was the team captain.^[1]

Harvard's 1–6 conference record tied for seventh (and worst) in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson were outscored 193 to 154 by Ivy opponents.^[2]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	Columbia	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 30–3	8,448	[3]
September 25	at No. 20 William & Mary*	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	L 17–45	14,314	[4]
October 2	Lafayette*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 21–16	10,112	[5]
October 9	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 0–27	6,092	[6]
October 16	Holy Cross*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 41–25	11,647	[7]
October 23	Princeton	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 10–21	19,309	[8]
October 30	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	L 34–39	11,030	[9]
November 6	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	L 29–43	6,129	[10]
November 13	No. 17 Penn	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 20–27	8,950	[11]
November 20	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)	L 31–33	33,776	[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

References

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. 35. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
3. Concannon, Joe (September 19, 1993). "Harvard Gets Off to a Fresh Start". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 64 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Fairbank, Dave (September 26, 1993). "Blowout of the Century: Outgunned Harvard the Perfect Guest at Tribe's Party". Daily Press. Newport News, Va. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Concannon, Joe (October 3, 1993). "Crimson Clock Lafayette". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 62 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Concannon, Joe (October 10, 1993). "Harvard Blown Out by Cornell". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 63 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Concannon, Joe (October 17, 1993). "Harvard Flexes Its Muscle Against Holy Cross". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 63 – via Newspapers.com.
8. Concannon, Joe (October 24, 1993). "Princeton Gives Harvard the Slip". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 62 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Concannon, Joe (October 31, 1993). "Dartmouth Burns Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 75 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Concannon, Joe (November 7, 1993). "Pumped-Up Brown Deflates the Crimson". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 62 – via Newspapers.com.
11. Searcy, Jay (November 14, 1993). "Penn Ends Crimson Jinx, 27-20, Closes on Ivy Title". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C11 – via Newspapers.com.
12. Berlet, Bruce (November 21, 1993). "Iwan Assures Victory Ends Up in Yale's Hands". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E1, E11 – via Newspapers.com.