1874–75 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1874–75 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1874 college football season. The team finished with a 1–1 record and was retroactively named co-national champion by Parke H. Davis. The team captain was Arthur B. Ellis.

1874 Harvard Crimson football
Harvard at McGill, October 23, 1874
Co-national champion (Davis)
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainArthur B. Ellis
Home stadiumJarvis Field
1874 college football records
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Yale    3 0 0
Princeton    2 0 0
Harvard    1 1 0
Tufts    1 0 0
Stevens    3 1 0
Rutgers    1 3 0
Columbia    1 5 0
NYU    0 1 0
McGill    0 1 0

After the first rugby football game in the United States was played by McGill University visiting Harvard in May 1874, Harvard traveled to Montreal for another rugby style game in October. No goals were scored, the game ended in a 00 tie, but Harvard had scored three tries to win the game in front of 2,000 spectators.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.