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American college football season
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.
Schedule
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 September 16 1:00 p.m. at
Rhode Island * L 10–173,812
September 23 Noon
Brown
NESN+ W 45–2810,651
September 30 2:00 p.m. at
Georgetown *
STADIUM W 41–23,256
October 7 1:30 p.m. at
Cornell
ELVN L 14–177,313
October 14 Noon
Lafayette * Harvard Stadium Boston, MA NESN W 38–1010,025
7:30 p.m.
Princeton Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (
rivalry )
NBCSN L 17–5210,114
October 28 Noon
Dartmouth Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (
rivalry ) NESN W 25–2211,143
November 4 1:00 p.m. at
Columbia ELVN W 21–147,011
November 11 Noon
Penn Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (
rivalry ) NESN+ L 6–2310,122
November 18 12:30 p.m. at
Yale
CNBC L 3–2451,426
Game summaries
Rhode Island
Harvard vs. Rhode Island – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Harvard
3
7
0 0 10
Rhode Island
0
17
0 0 17
at
Meade Stadium •
Kingston, RI
Date : September 16Game time : 1:00 p.m.Game weather : 79 °F (26 °C); nice, breezyGame attendance : 3,812Referee : M. Sechrist
Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Brown
Brown vs. Harvard – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Brown
2
0
0 26 28
Harvard
14
7
17 7 45
at
Harvard Stadium •
Boston, MA
Date : September 23Game time : NoonGame weather : 70 °F (21 °C); partly cloudyGame attendance : 10,651Referee : C. Jebran
Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Georgetown
Harvard vs. Georgetown – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Harvard
14
17
3 7 41
Georgetown
0
2
0 0 2
at
Cooper Field •
Washington, D.C.
Date : September 16Game time : 2:00 p.m.Game weather : 65 °F (18 °C); partly cloudyGame attendance : 3,256Referee : M. Overton
Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Cornell
Harvard vs. Cornell – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Harvard
7
7
0 0 14
Cornell
0
7
7 3 17
at
Schoellkopf Field •
Ithaca, NY
Date : October 7Game time : 1:30 p.m.Game weather : 73 °F (23 °C); partly cloudyGame attendance : 7,313Referee : J. Gansiejewski
Box Score
Game information
First quarter
HAR – L. Northington, 1 yard run, Jake McIntyre XP good, 5:50 (HAR 7–0)
Second quarter
HAR – Jake Barann, 36 yard pass from Jake Smith, McIntyre XP good, 9:43 (HAR 14–0)
COR – Jake Jatis, 2 yard run, Zach Mays XP good, 3:02 (HAR 14–7)
Third quarter
COR – Jatis, 2 yard run, Mays XP good, 5:45 (TIE 14–14)
Fourth quarter
COR – Mays, 27 yard field goal, 9:58 (COR 17–14)
Lafayette
Lafayette vs. Harvard – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Lafayette
7
0
3 0 10
Harvard
14
7
10 7 38
at
Harvard Stadium •
Boston, MA
Date : October 14Game time : NoonGame weather : 65 °F (18 °C); cloudyGame attendance : 10,025Referee : T. Kichline
Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Princeton
Princeton vs. Harvard – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Princeton
10
21
14 7 52
Harvard
0
10
0 7 17
at
Harvard Stadium •
Boston, MA
Date : Game time : 7:30 p.m.Game weather : 65 °F (18 °C); warm, breezyGame attendance : 10,114Referee : M. Sechrist
Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Dartmouth
Dartmouth vs. Harvard – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Dartmouth
7
7
0 8 22
Harvard
0
6
6 13 25
at
Harvard Stadium •
Boston, MA
Date : October 28Game time : NoonGame weather : 65 °F (18 °C); cloudyGame attendance : 11,143Referee : H. Wimberg
Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Columbia
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Penn
Penn vs. Harvard – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Penn
7
3
10 3 23
Harvard
0
3
3 0 6
at
Harvard Stadium •
Boston, MA
Date : November 11Game time : NoonGame weather : 38 °F (3 °C); sunny, breezyGame attendance : 10,122Referee : W. Boyd
Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
Yale ("The Game")
Harvard vs. Yale – Game summary
Period
1
2
3 4 Total
Harvard
3
0
0 0 3
Yale
0
17
0 7 24
at
Yale Bowl •
New Haven, CT
Date : November 18Game time : 12:30 p.m.Game weather : 45 °F (7 °C); cloudyGame attendance : 51,426Referee : H. Johns
Box Score
Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
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