1989 Harvard Crimson football team
American college football season
| 1989 Harvard Crimson football | |
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| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 5–5 (5–2 Ivy) |
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| Captain | Greg Gicewicz |
| Home stadium | Harvard Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yale + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Princeton + | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Harvard | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cornell | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brown | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1989 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Harvard finished third in the Ivy League.
In their 19th year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 5–5 record and were outscored 257 to 207. Greg Gicewicz was the team captain.[1]
Harvard's 5–2 conference record placed third in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 134 to 120.[2]
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 16 | at Columbia | W 26–10 | 4,750 | [3] | |||
| September 23 | No. 4 Holy Cross* |
| L 17–31 | 17,500 | [4] | ||
| September 30 | at Army* | L 28–56 | 39,115 | [5] | |||
| October 7 | Lehigh* |
| L 28–50 | 11,200 | [6] | ||
| October 14 | at Cornell | L 0–28 | 21,000 | [7] | |||
| October 21 | Dartmouth |
| W 6–5 | 20,500 | [8] | ||
| October 28 | Princeton |
| L 14–28 | 22,300 | [9] | ||
| November 4 | at Brown | W 27–14 | 10,700 | [10] | |||
| November 11 | Penn |
| W 24–15 | 12,600 | [11] | ||
| November 18 | at No. 13 Yale | W 37–20 | 59,263 | [12] | |||
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References
- ^ "Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 33. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
- ^ "Harvard Gets Past Columbia". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. September 17, 1989. p. 68 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Holy Cross Comeback Stifles Harvard, 31-17". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. Associated Press. September 24, 1989. pp. D15, D18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (October 1, 1989). "Army Marches Through Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 62 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Powers, John (October 8, 1989). "Lehigh Humbles Harvard, 50-28". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 64 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure from boxscore at "Lehigh 50, Harvard 28". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. Associated Press. October 8, 1989. p. S9.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (October 15, 1989). "Cornell Keeps Harvard Down". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 62 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (October 22, 1989). "Harvard Boots Dartmouth". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 72 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Knobelman, Bob (October 29, 1989). "Gimmicks Help Princeton to Easy Win over Harvard". The Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (November 5, 1989). "Harvard's Restic Wins His 100th". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 72 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Juliano, Joe (November 12, 1989). "Penn Again Fails to Mesh and Falls to Harvard". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. 13-E – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (November 19, 1989). "Harvard Beats Yale in The Upset; Elis Forced to Share Ivy Title". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.
