1978 Harvard Crimson football team

1978 Harvard Crimson football
1978 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	4–4–1 (2–4–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Joe Restic (8th season);
Captain	Steven C. Potysman
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium
	Seasons ← 1977 1979 →

The 1978 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Harvard tied for fifth place in the Ivy League.

1978 Ivy League football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Dartmouth $	6	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Brown	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Yale	4	–	1	–	2	5	–	2	–	2
Cornell	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Harvard	2	–	4	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
Columbia	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	5	–	1
Princeton	1	–	4	–	2	2	–	5	–	2
Penn	1	–	5	–	1	2	–	6	–	1

$ – Conference champion

In their eighth year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 4–4–1 record and outscored opponents 196 to 189. Steven C. Potysman was the team captain.^[1]

Harvard's 2–4–1 conference record tied for fifth in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson were outscored 168 to 162 by Ivy opponents.^[2]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Columbia	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 19–21	12,000	^[3]
September 30	UMass*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 10–0	12,200	^[4]
October 7	Colgate*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 24–21	12,500	^[5]
October 14	Cornell	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 20–25	6,000	^[6]
October 21	Dartmouth	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 24–19	28,500	^[7]
October 28	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	T 24–24	17,500	^[8]
November 4	Brown	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 30–31	23,000	^[9]
November 11	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	W 17–13	18,475	^[10]
November 18	Yale	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	L 28–35	41,500	^[11]
*Non-conference game

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