1936 Harvard Crimson football team

1936 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–4–1
Head coach	Dick Harlow (2nd season)
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium

1936 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Saint Anselm			–					6	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Pittsburgh			–					8	–	1	–	1
No. 10 Penn			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 12 Yale			–					7	–	1	–	0
No. 13 Dartmouth			–					7	–	1	–	1
Franklin & Marshall			–					7	–	1	–	1
No. 14 Duquesne			–					8	–	2	–	0
Boston College			–					6	–	1	–	2
Boston University			–					5	–	1	–	2
No. 15 Fordham			–					5	–	1	–	2
Holy Cross			–					7	–	2	–	1
Villanova			–					7	–	2	–	1
Army			–					6	–	3	–	0
Colgate			–					6	–	3	–	0
Drexel			–					6	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					6	–	3	–	2
La Salle			–					6	–	3	–	1
Buffalo			–					5	–	3	–	0
Columbia			–					5	–	3	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	2	–	2
Saint Vincent			–					5	–	3	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	3	–	1
Manhattan			–					6	–	4	–	0
Northeastern			–					5	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	4	–	1
CCNY			–					4	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	3	–	1
Harvard			–					3	–	4	–	1
Cornell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	5	–	0
Westminster (PA)			–					2	–	4	–	1
Brown			–					3	–	7	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	6	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	6	–	0
Providence			–					1	–	7	–	0
Syracuse			–					1	–	7	–	0
Vermont			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1936 college football season. In its second season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 3–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 178 to 112.^[1][2] The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	Amherst	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 38–6	15,000	[3]
October 10	Brown	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 28–0	8,000	[4]
October 17	Army	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–32	20,000	[5]
October 24	Dartmouth	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 7–26	> 35,000	[6]
October 31	No. 17 Princeton	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	T 14–14	25,000	[7]
November 7	Virginia	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 65–0	10,000	[8]
November 14	Navy	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 13–20	42,000	[9]
November 21	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 13–14	58,000	[10]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1936 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. "Greater Harvard Rips Amherst Line, 38-6". New York Daily News. October 4, 1936. p. 96 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Harvard Passes Muzzle Brown Bear, 28 to 0". New York Daily News. October 11, 1936. p. 107 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Todd Wright (October 18, 1936). "Army Marches Over Harvard". New York Daily News. p. 106 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Grattan O'Connell (October 25, 1936). "Smart and Powerful Dartmouth Indians Crush Hapless Harvard Team By 26 To 7". The Hartford Courant. p. 2C – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Harvard Holds Princeton To 14-14 Deadlock". Tampa Tribune. November 1, 1936. p. II-4 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Harvard Romps on Virginia, 65-0: Score Is One of Highest in Crimson History". The Roanoke Times. November 8, 1936. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Navy Defeats Harvard, 20 to 13". The Baltimore Sun. November 15, 1936. pp. Sports 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.
10. Jack Miley (November 22, 1936). "Yale Staves Off Harvard's Rally And Wins, 14-13". New York Daily News. p. 38C – via Newspapers.com.