2018 Harvard Crimson football team

2018 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	6–4 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach	Tim Murphy (25th season)
Offensive coordinator	Joel Lamb (13th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Scott Larkee (10th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium
Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 Ivy League football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 11 Princeton $		7	–	0					10	–	0
No. 18 Dartmouth		6	–	1					9	–	1
Harvard		4	–	3					6	–	4
Yale		3	–	4					5	–	5
Penn		3	–	4					6	–	4
Columbia		3	–	4					6	–	4
Cornell		2	–	5					3	–	7
Brown		0	–	7					1	–	9
$ – Conference champion Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2018 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League. They were led by 25th-year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They finished the season 6–4 overall and 4–3 in Ivy League play to place third. Harvard averaged 13,981 fans per game during the season.

Schedule

The 2018 schedule consisted of six home games and four away games. The Crimson hosted Ivy League foes Princeton, Columbia, and Yale for the 135th edition of The Game, and traveled to Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, and Penn.

Harvard's non-conference opponents were San Diego of the Pioneer Football League, Rhode Island of the Colonial Athletic Association, and Holy Cross of the Patriot League.^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	Noon	San Diego*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN+	W 36–14	8,709
September 21	7:00 p.m.	at Brown	Brown Stadium Providence, RI	ESPNU	W 31–17	9,309
September 28	7:00 p.m.	No. 22 Rhode Island*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN+	L 16–23	9,123
October 6	1:30 p.m.	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	ESPN+	L 24–28	8,040
October 12	7:00 p.m.	Holy Cross*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN+	W 33–31	10,056
October 20	Noon	No. 23 Princeton	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 21–29	10,876
October 27	1:30 p.m.	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	ESPN+	L 17-24	5,814
November 3	Noon	Columbia	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN+/NESN	W 52–18	10,447
November 10	1:00 p.m.	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	ESPN+	W 29-7	13,224
November 17	Noon	vs. Yale	Fenway Park Boston, MA (rivalry)	ESPN2	W 45–27	34,675
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

San Diego

	1	2	3	4	Total
Toreros	3	3	8	0	14
Crimson	27	0	3	6	36

At Brown

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crimson	14	10	0	7	31
Bears	3	0	7	7	17

Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 22 Rams	2	14	7	0	23
Crimson	3	0	6	7	16

At Cornell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crimson	7	0	10	7	24
Big Red	0	7	7	14	28

Holy Cross

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	0	7	7	17	31
Crimson	9	11	10	3	33

Princeton

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Tigers	7	3	0	19	29
Crimson	0	7	0	14	21

At Dartmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crimson	0	0	7	10	17
Big Green	14	7	0	3	24

Columbia

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	6	6	0	6	18
Crimson	21	7	7	17	52

At Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crimson	10	6	13	0	29
Quakers	0	0	0	7	7

Vs. Yale

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	7	7	10	3	27
Crimson	7	14	7	17	45

References