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1880 Harvard Crimson football team

1880 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season

The 1880 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1880 college football season. The team finished with a 2–2–2 record.[1][2]

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On November 6, 1880, Harvard defeated Columbia 3–0 before a crowd of about 300 who paid 50 cents to watch the game at the Polo Grounds in New York.[3]

Also at the Polo Grounds one week later, Harvard lost to Princeton with between 3,000 and 4,000 in attendance. Princeton scored two goals and held Harvard to one goal. Princeton also had five touchdowns for safety to two for Harvard. The Sun of New York reported that the game, played under the new 1880 rules of the Intercollegiate Football Association, was football in name only, but "in reality a series of wrestling encounters for possession of a large leather globe."[4]

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References

  1. [1]
    "1880 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Archived from the original on August 14, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2014.
  3. [3]
    "The Football Championship: Harvard Defeats Columbia at the Polo Grounds in the First Game of the Series". The Sun. November 7, 1880. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
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    "Victory for the Princetons: The Harvard Football Team Vanquished on the Polo Grounds Yesterday". The Sun. November 14, 1880. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. [5]
    "The Harvards Win Another Football Match". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 24, 1880. p. 5. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "Football.—Harvard College Of Boston Vs. Britannias—Harvard Again Victorious". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. October 25, 1880. p. 3. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "Football.—Harvard College Vs. Ottawa". Ottawa Daily Citizen. Ottawa, Ontario. November 2, 1880. p. 3. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "Football.—Harvard Vs. Montreal". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. November 2, 1880. p. 3. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "Football.—Harvard Vs. Montreal". The Gazette. Montreal, Quebec. November 3, 1880. p. 2. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "The Football Championship.—Harvard Defeats Columbia at the Polo Grounds in the First Game of the Series". The Sun. New York, New York. November 7, 1880. p. 7. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "Hot Work On A Cool Day". The New York Times. New York, New York. November 14, 1880. p. 5. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "Victory For The Princeton". The Sun. New York, New York. November 14, 1880. p. 5. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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    "Harvard Beaten By Princeton in a Football Match". The Boston Daily Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 15, 1880. p. 2. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. [14]
    "Harvard Vs. Yale". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. November 21, 1880. p. 1. Retrieved March 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.


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