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Conference | Ivy League |
Record | 5–5 (3–4 Ivy) |
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Offensive coordinator | Joel Lamb (12th season) |
Offensive scheme | Spread |
Defensive coordinator | Scott Larkee (9th season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
Home stadium | Harvard Stadium |
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No. 24 Yale $ | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dartmouth | 5 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Penn | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harvard | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cornell | 3 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Princeton | 2 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brown | 0 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 24th-year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 5–5 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play to tie for fifth place. Harvard averaged 10,411 fans per game.
The 2017 schedule consisted of five home games and five away games. The Crimson hosted Ivy League foes Brown, Princeton, Dartmouth, and Penn, and traveled to Cornell, Columbia, and Yale for the 134th edition of The Game.
Harvard's non-conference opponents were Rhode Island of the Colonial Athletic Association, and Georgetown and Lafayette of the Patriot League.[1]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at Rhode Island* | L 10–17 | 3,812 | ||
September 23 | Noon | Brown | NESN+ | W 45–28 | 10,651 | |
September 30 | 2:00 p.m. | at Georgetown* | STADIUM | W 41–2 | 3,256 | |
October 7 | 1:30 p.m. | at Cornell | ELVN | L 14–17 | 7,313 | |
October 14 | Noon | Lafayette* |
| NESN | W 38–10 | 10,025 |
October 20 | 7:30 p.m. | Princeton |
| NBCSN | L 17–52 | 10,114 |
October 28 | Noon | Dartmouth |
| NESN | W 25–22 | 11,143 |
November 4 | 1:00 p.m. | at Columbia | ELVN | W 21–14 | 7,011 | |
November 11 | Noon | Penn |
| NESN+ | L 6–23 | 10,122 |
November 18 | 12:30 p.m. | at Yale | CNBC | L 3–24 | 51,426 | |
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See also: 2017 Rhode Island Rams football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Harvard | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Rhode Island | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
at Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI
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See also: 2017 Brown Bears football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 28 |
Harvard | 14 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 45 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
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See also: 2017 Georgetown Hoyas football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Harvard | 14 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 41 |
Georgetown | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
at Cooper Field • Washington, D.C.
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See also: 2017 Cornell Big Red football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Harvard | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Cornell | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
at Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY
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See also: 2017 Lafayette Leopards football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Lafayette | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Harvard | 14 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
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See also: 2017 Princeton Tigers football team and Harvard–Princeton football rivalry |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Princeton | 10 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 52 |
Harvard | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
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See also: 2017 Dartmouth Big Green football team and Dartmouth–Harvard football rivalry |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Dartmouth | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 22 |
Harvard | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
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See also: 2017 Columbia Lions football team |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Harvard | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
Columbia | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium • New York, NY
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See also: 2017 Penn Quakers football team and Harvard–Penn football rivalry |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Penn | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
Harvard | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
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See also: 2017 Yale Bulldogs football team and Harvard–Yale football rivalry |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Harvard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Yale | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
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