1997 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1997 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Harvard finished the season with an overall record of 9–1, winning the Ivy league with a conference mark of 7–0, the first time Harvard had ever gone unbeaten and untied in Ivy League play.

1997 Harvard Crimson football
Ivy League champion
ConferenceIvy League
Record9–1 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach
  • Tim Murphy (4th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorJay Mills (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorJoe Philbin (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorMark Harriman (4th season)
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
1997 Ivy League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Harvard $  7 0   9 1  
Dartmouth  6 1   8 2  
Brown  4 3   7 3  
Cornell  4 3   6 4  
Princeton  3 4   6 4  
Columbia  3 4   4 6  
Yale  1 6   2 8  
Penn *  0 7   1 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • * Standings reflect Penn's forfeit of five conference wins due to use of an ineligible player
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