1952 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1952 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1952 college football season. In their third year under head coach Lloyd Jordan, the Crimson compiled a 5–4 record and outscored opponents 214 to 198. John D. Nichols Jr. was the team captain.[1]

1952 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainJohn D. Nichols Jr.
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Rochester  800
Hofstra  810
No. 19 Princeton  810
Franklin & Marshall  710
Villanova  711
Holy Cross  820
Yale  720
Penn State  721
No. 14 Syracuse  730
Bucknell  630
Colgate  630
Pittsburgh  630
Carnegie Tech  430
Harvard  540
Boston University  541
Penn  432
Army  441
Boston College  441
Tufts  341
Drexel  340
Fordham  251
NYU  251
Columbia  261
Brown  270
Cornell  270
Dartmouth  270
Temple  271
Buffalo  170
Rankings from AP Poll

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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 SpringfieldW 27–7 9,000 [2]
October 4 Columbia
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 7–16 14,000 [3]
October 11 2:00 p.m. Washington University
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 42–0 7,000 [4][5]
October 18 Colgate
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 21–20 14,000 [6]
October 25 Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
W 26–19 31,000 [7]
November 1 Davidson
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 35–26 6,500 [8]
November 8 at No. 19 PrincetonL 21–41 35,000 [9]
November 15 at BrownL 21–28 12,000 [10]
November 22 Yale
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 14–41 38,114 [11]

References