1994 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season

1994 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIvy League
Record4–6 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach
  • Timothy Murphy (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorMichael Foley (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorMark Harriman (1st season)
CaptainEdward Kinney
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Seasons
← 1993
1995 →
1994 Ivy League football standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 Penn $ 7 0 0 9 0 0
Brown 4 3 0 7 3 0
Princeton 4 3 0 7 3 0
Cornell 3 4 0 6 4 0
Columbia 3 4 0 5 4 1
Yale 3 4 0 5 5 0
Dartmouth 2 5 0 4 6 0
Harvard 2 5 0 4 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1994 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1994 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Crimson tied for last place in the Ivy League.

In their first year under head coach Timothy Murphy, the Crimson compiled a 4–6 record and were outscored 254 to 209. Edward Kinney was the team captain.[1]

Harvard's 2–5 conference record tied for seventh (and worst) in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson were outscored 152 to 124 by Ivy opponents.[2]

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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17 at Columbia W 39–32 6,425 [3]
September 24 Bucknell* L 23–42 5,130 [4]
October 1 at Holy Cross* W 27–17 8,611 [5]
October 8 Cornell
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 13–18 12,880 [6]
October 15 Colgate*
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 35–27 8,175 [7]
October 22 at Princeton L 7–18 15,143 [8]
October 29 at Dartmouth
W 35–12 9,529 [9]
November 5 Brown
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 17–23 14,724 [10]
November 12 at No. 13 Penn L 0–33 28,918 [11]
November 19 Yale
L 13–32 25,500 [12]

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. pp. 35–36. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Concannon, Joe (September 18, 1994). "Ferrara's Last-Minute Heroics Rescue Crimson". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 65 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Concannon, Joe (September 25, 1994). "Heartless Home Debut: Murphy, Harvard Routed". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 65 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Burris, Joe (October 2, 1994). "Grind-'Em-Out Harvard Keeps Holy Cross in Cold". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 65 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Concannon, Joe (October 9, 1994). "Cornell Leaves It to Levitt; Harvard Can't Stop Big Red at Finish". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 61 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Monahan, Bob (October 16, 1994). "Harvard's Kezirian a Keeper". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 63 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Bruns, John (October 23, 1994). "Princeton Shuts Down Harvard". The Sunday Home News. New Brunswick, N.J. p. B3 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Concannon, Joe (October 30, 1994). "About-Face for Harvard: Crimson Marches Over Dartmouth with Surprising Ease". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 60 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Lessels, Allen (November 6, 1994). "Not Harvard's Day; Brown Has Its Way". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 70 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Juliano, Joe (November 13, 1994). "Quakers Bring Ivy Title Home in Style". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Hine, Tommy (November 20, 1994). "Yale at an Advantage in Defeating Harvard, 32-13". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. p. D13 – via Newspapers.com.
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