2006 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season

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
Seasons ← 2005 2007 →

2006 Ivy League football standings
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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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References

^ Powers, John (September 17, 2006). "Dawson Surfaces in Opener". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Gasper, Christopher L. (September 24, 2006). "Dawson Delivers Another KO; Harvard Star Ends Brown Win Streak". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C15 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Chamberlain, Tony (October 1, 2006). "Crimson Storm Back for Win". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C18 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Vega, Michael (October 8, 2006). "Dawson Leaves Cornell Red-Faced". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C14 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Larson, Craig (October 15, 2006). "Harvard Tackles Assignment". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D15 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Denman, Elliott (October 22, 2006). "Princeton Knocks Off Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C15 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Duffy, Bob (October 29, 2006). "Dawson Runs Roughshod Over Green". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Larson, Craig (November 5, 2006). "Crimson in Rush to Stop Lions". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. E17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Vito, Christopher A. (November 12, 2006). "Quakers Surprise No. 17 Crimson". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. D9 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Hine, Tommy (November 19, 2006). "'D' Game: Yale Shuts Down Harvard, Shares Ivy Title". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Conn. pp. E7, E11 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Harvard 2006 Schedule - Crimson Home and Away - ESPN". Archived from the original on May 22, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2014.

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Venues	Boston Baseball Grounds (1877–1881) Holmes Field (1881–1882, 1888) Jarvis Field (1883–1893) Soldier's Field (1894–1903) Harvard Stadium (1903–present)
Bowls and rivalries	1920 Rose Bowl Dartmouth Penn Princeton Yale
Culture and lore	"Ten Thousand Men of Harvard" 1874 McGill game 1921 Centre game 1968 Yale game (Harvard Beats Yale 29–29) 2004 Harvard–Yale prank
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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