1919 Harvard Crimson football team

1919 Harvard Crimson football

Co-National Champions
Rose Bowl Champions, W 7–6 vs. Oregon
Conference	Independent
1919 record	9–0–1
Head coach	Bob Fisher (1st year)
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium

The 1919 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1919 college football season. They finished with a 9–0–1 record and were retroactively named co-national champions by the College Football Researchers Association, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis. They outscored their opponents 229 to 19.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27	Bates*	Harvard Stadium • Cambridge, MA	W 53–0
October 4	Boston College*	Harvard Stadium • Cambridge, MA	W 17–0
October 11	Colby*	Harvard Stadium • Cambridge, MA	W 35–0
October 18	Brown*	Harvard Stadium • Cambridge, MA	W 7–0
October 25	Virginia*	Harvard Stadium • Cambridge, MA	W 47–0
November 1	Springfield (MA)*	Harvard Stadium • Cambridge, MA	W 20–0
November 8	at Princeton*	Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ	T 10–10
November 15	Tufts*	Harvard Stadium • Cambridge, MA	W 23–0
November 22	Yale*	Harvard Stadium • Cambridge, MA (Rivalry)	W 10–3
January 1, 1920	vs. Oregon*	Tournament Park • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	W 7–6	35,000
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

1919 Harvard Crimson football—national champions

Eddie Casey Fred Church Arnold Horween Robert Sedgwick Tom Woods Head coach Bob Fisher

Harvard Crimson football

Venues	Jarvis Field (1874–?) Harvard Stadium (1903–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Yale (list)

Culture & lore	"Ten Thousand Men of Harvard" 1874 Harvard vs. McGill game 1921 Centre vs. Harvard game 1968 Yale vs. Harvard game (Harvard Beats Yale 29-29) 2004 Harvard–Yale prank

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

National championship seasons in bold