2006 Harvard Crimson football team

2006 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	7–3 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach	Tim Murphy (13th season)
Offensive coordinator	Joel Lamb (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Kevin Doherty (5th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium

2006 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 18 Princeton +		6	–	1					9	–	1
No. 25 Yale +		6	–	1					8	–	2
Harvard		4	–	3					7	–	3
Penn		3	–	4					5	–	5
Cornell		3	–	4					5	–	5
Dartmouth		2	–	5					2	–	8
Columbia		2	–	5					5	–	5
Brown		2	–	5					3	–	7
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2006 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Harvard finished the season with an overall record of 7–3, placing third among Ivy league teams with a conference mark of 4–3.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	Holy Cross*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 31–14	11,209	[1]
September 23	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	W 38–21	8,456	[2]
September 30	at Lehigh*	Goodman Stadium Bethlehem, PA	W 35–33	10,680	[3]
October 7	Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 33–23	13,287	[4]
October 14	Lafayette*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 24–7	10,807	[5]
October 21	at Princeton	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	L 31–28	16,284	[6]
October 28	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	W 28–0	2,028	[7]
November 4	Columbia	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 24–7	11,716	[8]
November 11	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	L 22–13	7,819	[9]
November 18	Yale	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	L 34–13	30,723	[10]
*Non-conference game

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