March 2008 is Harvard Month at AGS - Read the fact a day!

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HARVARD QUICK FACTS
Home Field Harvard Stadium (30,323)
Location Cambridge, Mass. 02138
Enrollment 6,613
Nickname Crimson
Colors Crimson, Black and White
Conference Ivy League
President Drew G. Faust
Nichols Family Director of Athletics Robert L. Scalise
Head Coach Tim Murphy [Springfield ’78], The Thomas Stevenson Family Coach for Harvard Football
Overall Coaching Record 120-96-1
Record at Harvard 88-51 [14th season]
Assistant Coaches Kevin Doherty, Joel Lamb, Chris Woods, Scott Larkee, Ron Crook, Carlton Hall, Joe Villapiano, Scot Ruggles, Mike Judge

2007 IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONS SCHEDULE & RESULTS
Sept 15 at Holy Cross .......................28-31, L
Sept 22 Brown.................................24-17, W
Sept 29 at Lehigh .............................13-20, L
Oct 6 at Cornell................................32-15, W
Oct 13 Lafayette .............................27-17, W
Oct 20 Princeton .............................27-10, W
Oct 27 Dartmouth.............................28-21, W
Nov 3 at Columbia.............................27-12, W
Nov 10 Penn .....................................23-7, W
Nov 17 at Yale ..................................37-6, W

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A pioneer of intercollegiate athletics, Harvard and Yale rowed in the nation's first college sporting event on August 3rd 1852. Harvard defeated Yale in a two mile crew race. This was the first athletic competition between two US universities. Harvard offers 41 varsity sports and has nearly than 1,500 student-athletes, more than any other Division I school. Athletes account for nearly 20% of the student population at Harvard.

The position given athletics within the University framework is both idealistic and realistic. Harvard is a member of the Ivy League, along with Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Penn, Princeton and Yale. Under the League's founding document, the Presidents' Agreement of 1954, there are no athletic scholarships. Financial aid to student-athletes, as with all students, is based solely on need.

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Harvard Stadium
The centerpiece of Harvard's outstanding athletic facilities is Harvard Stadium, which has stood as a Boston landmark for more than a century.

Harvard Stadium was constructed in 1903 and hosted its first game Nov. 14 of that year. Since then, the Stadium has hosted more than 600 Harvard football games as well as hundreds of other athletic and non-athletic events, including Olympic soccer, NFL football, rock concerts and political rallies.

The Stadium is a horseshoe containing architectural elements of a Greek stadium and Roman circus and is considered an engineering marvel. It was the world's first massive reinforced concrete structure and the first large permanent arena for American college athletics.

With a seating capacity of 30,323, Harvard Stadium is praised for its outstanding sightlines. The Stadium was upgraded in 2006 with the addition of a FieldTurf playing surface, permanent lighting and a removable all-weather bubble which allows for use of the facility throughout the calendar year.


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Practice Facilities

Harvard's football players are provided with a wide range of top-notch facilities designed to keep the Crimson at the top of its game each Saturday.

Harvard athletes have a number of options available when it comes to practice facilities. The resurfacing of Harvard Stadium with FieldTurf has allowed for the Crimson to use its game field as its everyday practice facility.

The football team also has regular access to Jordan Field, the university's Astroturf facility, and Cumnock Field, a spacious natural grass locale that allows for practice for any road games that are played on those surfaces.

All of Harvard's practice facilities are lighted for evening use, allowing the players the necessary time to tend to their studies during the day.

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The Palmer Dixon Strength And Conditioning Center

The Palmer Dixon Strength and Conditioning Center is one of the premier strength and conditioning facilities in the country. Few, if any, facilities can match Palmer Dixon's ability to accommodate large teams in such a variety of strength training and conditioning areas with top-of-the-line equipment. Since its completion in March 2007 Harvard student-athletes have enjoyed training with the new state-of-the-art equipment in the spacious 24,000- square-foot facility.

The Palmer Dixon Strength and Conditioning Center is set up for full-service training for each athlete and team. The layout of the building is designed so that every aspect of training is housed in the Center.

Training amenities include:
· 24 all-rubber Olympic weightlifting platforms by Sorinex.
· 24 full bumper plate sets by Uesaka.
· 24 nine-foot Power Racks with built-in three-way chin-up bars by Power Lift.
· 24 Olympic benches adjustable from 0-90 degrees by Sorinex.
· 24 full sets of iron plates by York.
· 24 18-inch step-up plyometric boxes.
· 24 dip and chin-up belts.
· 2 full sets of dumbbells, ranging from three to 130 pounds.
· Three Hammer Strength Jammers.
· A 21,000-square-foot all-purpose turf floor.
· 12 40-yard lanes with cross-lanes every five yards located in the middle of the facility.
· 12 pulling sleds for speed training and dynamic strength by Power Systems.
· Speed and agility training equipment storage space.· Indoor and outdoor medicine ball walls measuring 40 feet wide by eight feet high.
· 50 medicine balls ranging from one to 20 pounds.
· 24 stability balls and stability pads.
· A 3,000-square-foot loft filled with 30 pieces of indoor conditioning equipment such as Spinner, Airdyne and stationary bikes as well as treadmills, ellipticals and stairsteppers.
· Men's and women's locker rooms.
· Strength and Conditioning offices.

The Palmer Dixon Center had served as an indoor squash and tennis facility before it was converted to Harvard's varsity athletics training center in 2007. It is named for William Palmer Dixon '25, who was a two-time national squash champion, a former president of the Harvard Varsity Club, and a longtime supporter of Harvard's athletics program.

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Harvard NFL Draft selections:

1984 Joe Azelby
1998 Matt Birk
1981 Brian Buckley
1985 Roger Caron
1954 Dick Clasby
1973 Eric Crone
1954 John Culver
1956 Bill Fisher
2005 Ryan Fitzpatrick
1989 Tony Hinz
1976 Dan Jiggetts
2000 Isaiah Kacyvenski
1950 Jim Kenary
1967 Bobby Leo
1968 Carter Lord
1975 Pat McInally
1942 Verne Miller

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FREDERICK GREELEY CROCKER AWARD

The Crocker Award is given annually to that Harvard football letterman who, in the opinion of his teammates, possesses the initiative, perseverance, courage and selflessness which were demonstrated by Ted Crocker. This award was established in 1949 by a group of former Harvard football players in honor of the popular 150-pound end of the 1933 Crimson team who was killed while serving on a destroyer in 1944. In recent years, it has carried a "Most Valuable Player" connotation.

1949.............. Wilbur M. Davis '50
1950............ Phillip L. Isenberg '51
1951......... Thomas W. Ossman '52
1952............ Gilbert W. O'Neil '53
1953.…..…T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr. '54
1954.......... Robert N. Cochran '55
1955.................Orville M. Tice '56
1956............John A. Simourian '57
1957........... Thomas B. Hooper '58
1958............... Robert R. Foster '59
1959............. Chester J. Boulris '60
1960........... Robert L. Pillsbury '61
1961......... William S. Swinford '62
1962.............C. William Taylor '63
1963.............. Jeff rey L. Pochop '64
1964......Eugene A. Skowronski '65
1965..................... David F. Poe '66
1966...... Thomas A. Choquette '67
1967.... Richard S. Zimmerman, Jr. '68
1968........... Victor E. Gatto, Jr. '69
1969.......... Cornelius J. Hurley '70
1970................Gary W. Farneti '71
1971.............. David A. Ignacio '72
1972..........Michael J. McHugh '73
1973.............James W. Stoeckel '74
1974..............Milton A. I. Holt '75
1975.............. James P. Kubacki '77
1976...............Thomas P. Winn '77
1977..……..Christopher J. Doherty '78
1978................Ralph F. Polillio '79
1979........... Richard A. Horner '80
1980............... Charles F. Durst '81
1981............. James L. Callinan '82
1982............... Donald J. Allard '83
1983.................Steven R. Ernst '84
1984.................Mark P. Vignali '85
1985.................... Cecil C. Cox '86
1986................Scott C. Collins '87
1987.................Thomas J. Yohe '89
1988......... Donald A. Gajewski '89
1989..........Gregory P. Gicewicz '90
1990...........Joseph M. Gordian '91
1991.............Michael R. Giardi '94
1992.............. Robert B. Santos '93
1993.............Michael R. Giardi '94
1994........................... Eion Hu '97
1995........................... Eion Hu '97
1996.............. Colby B. Skelton '98
1997......... Christopher Menick '00
1998........ Brendan L. Bibro '98-99
1999.......... Isaiah J. Kacyvenski '00
2000...................Michael Clare `01
2001.................. Carl E. Morris '03
2002.................. Carl E. Morris '03
2003.........Dante G. Balestracci '04
2004............Ryan J. Fitzpatrick '05
2005...........Clifton G. Dawson '07
2006...........Clifton G. Dawson '07

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HENRY N. LAMAR AWARD

The Lamar Award, a gold pocket watch, is given to that senior member of the Harvard football squad who, through his dedication to the program and concern for his fellow man, has made a unique contribution to Harvard football. This award was established in 1972 upon the retirement of Henry Lamar, who served the Harvard football program for 40 years as a coach on all levels of competition.

1972............... John B. Hagerty '73
1973.........Justin L. Harrington '74
1974....Harden H. Wiedemann '75
1975.............Francis X. Cronin '76
1976............Robert L. Peabody '77
1977............ Joseph D. Malone '78
1978............... John E. Knoebel '79
1979.............. David S. Scheper '80
………George T. Hodakowski '80
1980....Victor H. Kazanjian, Jr. '81
1981................ Bradley J. Stinn '82
1982.... Anthony Michael Ernst '83
1983......... Jeff rey Craig Uecker '84
1984............... Gerard T. Leone '85
1985.....A. Bernie Guekguezian '86
1986............... John D. Keenan '87
1987............. Steven P. Pascucci '88
1988.....................Scott T. Lutz '89
1989. Christopher C. Salvaterra '90
1990............ William W. Sellers '91
1991............. Edward D. Farley '92
1992......... Nicola A. DeAngelis '93
………………….Joel K. Lamb '93
1993................. Mark J. Adams '94
1994..........William H. Forlano '95
1995.........Thomas M. Reardon '96
1996..............Joseph J. Messina '97
1997..............Bobby Psaradellis '98
1998.................Scott A. Larkee '99
1999.................Aron D. Natale '00
2000............Grady R. Smalling '01
2001............. Samuel M. Miller '02
2002.......... Nicholas A. Palazzo '03
2003............. Joseph H. Mujalli '04
2004............... Adam S. Jenkins '05
2005........... Robert B. Balkema '06
2006............. Mark M. Higgins '07

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JOSEPH E. WOLF AWARD

The Wolf Award is presented annually to the outstanding interior lineman as selected by the varsity coaching staff . The award is in honor of Joseph E. Wolf of Allston, Mass., who, although not an alumnus of the College, attended his fi rst Harvard football game in 1898 and became a legendary follower of the squad by missing only one home contest in the next 76 years, until his death in 1975 at age 90.

1974................ Robert C. Shaw '75
1975....................Carl A. Culig '76
1976................ Steven J. Kaseta '78
1977...............Russell T. Savage '78
1978...............Michael T. Clark '79
1979............... Charles F. Durst '81
1980............ Orazio V. Lattanzi '81
1981...............Thomas S. Clark '82
1982............ Michael L. Corbat '83
1983..................Mark C. Mead '84
1984...................Barry D. Ford '85
1985...........Michael K. Murray '87
1986...........Michael K. Murray '87
1987.......... Donald C. Peterson '89
1988.......... Donald C. Peterson '89
1989..........Michael W. Vollmer '90
1990................. John H. Sparks '91
1991.......... Martin J. Popoloski '92
1992................. Philip C. Furse '93
1993................Joseph M. Hiff a '94
1994......... Grant H. Brundage '95
1995................. Adam C. Golla '96
1996................ Sean C. Riley '96-7
1997.............. Matthew R. Birk '98
......………………Jason E. Hughes '98
1998........ Brendan L. Bibro '98-99
1999..............Michael E. Sands '00
2000................ Robert D. Kern '01
2001...................Justin T. Stark '02
........……………..Marc E. Laborsky '02
2002.............. Jamil H. Soriano '03
2003............. Joseph P. Traverso '04
2004......Matthew J. McBurney '05
2005......... William D. Johnson '06
.....………….Brian H. Lapham '05-06
2006................Michael L. Berg '07

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WILLIAM PAINE LACROIX TROPHY

The LaCroix Trophy is given to that member of the Harvard junior varsity or varsity football squad who, by his enthusiasm for the game and by his sportsmanship, loyalty and team spirit, most nearly demonstrates those qualities characteristic of Bill LaCroix. The trophy was established in 1950 by friends of Bill LaCroix '42, who died from injuries incurred while serving as a deck officer on the carrier Bunker Hill operating in the Leyte Gulf.

1950......... Thomas W. Ossman '52
1951................ Joseph H. Shaw '52
1952...........Howard Finney, III '53
1953............Anthony A. Caimi '54
1954................Frank H. White '55
1955......William E. Crosby, III '56
1956.............John L Newell, Jr. '57
1957..............Joseph A. George '58
1958........... Thomas E. Lawson '59
1959.............Charles D. Leamy '60
1960....Thomas C. McLaughlin '61
1961................James D. Jacobs '62
1962................. James R. Beery '63
1963.. Jack L. Neuenschwander '64
1964.Stanley L. Yastrzemski, Jr. '65
1965.............. F. Maxwell Evans '66
1966............ Stephen V. Crosby '67
1967..............Robert J. Machin '68
1968........ Joseph C. McKinney '69
1969............ James E. Reynolds '70
1970....... Thomas G. Waldstein '71
1971..........David M. Crawford '72
1972..................... Kerry Rifkin '73
1973................S. David Dobbs '74
1974...............John D. Bennett '75
1975............Theodore S. Jadick '76
1976........... Stephen J. O'Brien '77
1977..................Joseph F. Jason '78
1978.................Patrick A. Daly '79
1979............ George A. Jackson '80
1980................David M. Cody '81
................. David F. Bindelglass '81
1981.............. Mark D. Marion '82
1982................ Harold C. Cash '83
1983............. Michael C. Chase '84
1984.......... Steven B. Anderson '85
......................Benjamin P. Thio '85
1985........ Christopher Rideout '86
1986.................Robert E. Joyce '87
1987...............David L. Carney '88
1988.................David R. Kuhn '89
1989....Arthur J. McMahon, Jr. '90
1990................. Rick C. Sofi eld '91
1991......... Andrew M. Sullivan '92
1992............Marc A. Hourihan '93
1993................... Peter J. Cahill '94
1994...................Mark D. Cote '95
......................David F. St. Peter '95
1995...................Brian D. Borg '96
1996............Robert Jungerhans '97
1997............ Jeff rey G. Compas '98
1998........... Alejandro J. Garcia '99
1999................ Kane H. Waller '99
2000................. Jason M. Little `01
2001............... Daniel C. Farley '02
............................M. Kyle Sims '02
2002...... Michael L. Armstrong '03
2003........ Collin W. Blackburn '04
2004.... Nicholas A. Carrington '05
2005..............Kelly B. Widman '06
2006......... Frank M. Fernandez '07

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ROBERT F. KENNEDY AWARD

The Kennedy Award is given annually to that member of the varsity football team who, through his desire, determination and willingness to work, has made himself a valuable member of the team and, thereby, has gained the respect and admiration of his teammates and coaches. The Paul Revere Bowl, which goes to the winner, was established in 1975 in memory of Bob Kennedy by his teammates from the 1945, 1946 and 1947 Harvard squads.

1975.................. Neal A. Miller '76
1976..............Thomas M. Joyce '77
1977.................Jon M. Sigillito '78
1978.......... Lawrence L. Brown '79
1979........... Matthew F. Sabetti '80
1980........... Robert J. Woolway '81
1981....... Rockard J. Delgadillo '82
1982...........Joseph D. Margolis '83
1983.............. Gregory A. Gizzi '84
1984..............Daniel J. Bennett '85
1985............... Jerold T. Garvey '86
1986............. George J. Sorbara '87
1987............ Brian R. Barringer '88
1988.............. Shawn A. Sensky '89
1989.................. Craig M. Peck '90
1990................. David A. Weiss '91
1991....... Spencer A. Neumann '92
1992.............Michael R. Giardi '94
1993................. Francis X. Lilly '94
1994........ Douglas S. Anderson '95
1995.................Justin E. Frantz '96
1996........................... Eion Hu '97
1997.............. Colby B. Skelton '98
1998............ Michael C. Shreve '99
1999......... Christopher Menick '00
2000................ Michael Brooks `01
2001..........Ryan M. FitzGerald '02
………………Andrew M. Fried '02
2002......................Neil T. Rose `03
2003..........Mante K. Dzakuma '04
2004...............Robert J. Everett '05
2005...............Keith N. Howell '06
2006....................Ryan E. Tully '07

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2008 Schedule:

Sept 20, 2008 Holy Cross
Sept 27, 2008 at Brown
Oct 04, 2008 at Lafayette
Oct 11, 2008 Cornell
Oct 18, 2008 Lehigh
Oct 25, 2008 at Princeton
Nov 01, 2008 at Dartmouth
Nov 08, 2008 Columbia
Nov 15, 2008 at Pennsylvania
Nov 22, 2008 Yale

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Harvard captured the 1997 Ivy League championship, finishing 9-1 overall and 7-0 in League play. It marked the first time in school history that the Crimson had posted a perfect Ivy record.

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In 2001, the Harvard squad finished 9-0 overall and 7-0 in the Ivies, and was ranked No. 19 in the final Sports Network poll. Harvard committed just nine turnovers, averaged 445.0 yards in offense, and scored at least four touchdowns in every game.

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Harvard finished the 2004 season as the only undefeated school in Division I-AA and one of just five unbeatens in all of college football (along with Southern California, Auburn and Utah from Division I-A and Linfield from Division III). The Crimson finished the season ranked No. 13 in the final Sports Network Division I-AA national poll and the ESPN/USA Today poll, marking Harvard’s highest finish in the national rankings since the formation of the Division I-AA polls. Harvard’s final Sagarin Rating stood 37th among the 239 Division I football schools, ahead of Minnesota, Brigham Young, Clemson, Stanford, Maryland, Alabama, Nebraska, Syracuse, Michigan State and Penn State, among others.

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The 2001 Harvard squad posted its first undefeated, untied campaign since 1913, while the 2004 team went a step further by going 10-0 to mark the first perfect season with at least 10 wins since 1901.

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The 2004 season still stands as arguably the Crimson’s finest in more than 100 years. The Crimson went 10-0 on the year and had an average margin of victory of 20.5 points. Harvard scored at least 31 points in nine of the 10 games, had a double-digit winning margin in eight games, held its last six opponents to 14 points or less, dealt two shutouts and allowed just one touchdown in the last three games.

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The 2006 season saw Harvard squad set another program first as the Crimson registered wins against the Ivy League and Patriot League champions for the first time in the same season in school history.

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Every four-year player recruited by Harvard for the last 15 years, has both graduated from the University and been part of at least one Ivy League championship team.

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After accumulating an 8-2 overall record last season, Harvard became the first team in the history of the league to record seven consecutive seasons with at least seven victories. Harvard’s current stretch is the Crimson’s best seven-year run since a 28-year stretch of seven-plus win seasons came to an end in 1911. The team’s seven-year win total of 54 equals its output from 1910-1916.

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The 2007 season culminated in Harvard’s 12th Ivy League championship. The last 4 coming in undefeated league campaigns.

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Although the significance of “The Game” is huge every year, perhaps the stakes were highest in 1968.

That year, Hill and the Yale Bulldogs entered the game as one of the top teams in the nation, having won 16 in a row dating back to the previous season. Harvard had been picked to finish last in the Ivy Group preseason poll, but had overcome the odds to enter the finale with a 7-0 record. For the first time in their illustrious football history, Harvard and Yale would play “The Game” with perfect records and the Ivy title on the line.

The first 58 minutes were fairly predictable. Not only was Yale nationally ranked, but quarterback Brian Dowling hadn’t lost a game since he was in grade school. Less-touted Harvard quarterback Frank Lalich had led the Crimson all season, but he struggled in the first half against Yale, completing just two passes before being pulled for reserve Frank Champi.

Known more for his skills tossing the javelin than for his prowess on the gridiron, Champi had attempted just 12 passes during his career before stepping on the field against Yale.

The Bulldogs led at halftime, 22-6, but Champi led the Crimson down the field in the third quarter and fullback Gus Crim scored from the 1-yard line to make it a two-possession game. Dowling and the Bulldogs answered in the fourth and Yale had the ball with a 29-13 lead and less than two minutes remaining.

“We were on their side of the field and we fumbled the football,” Hill said. “They scored with 42 seconds left and went for the two-point conversion and made it.”
Yale was set to receive the ensuing kickoff and run out the clock, but then Hill and his teammates saw something they weren’t prepared for — an onside kick.

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1968 Continued from 3/22;

“Harvard’s special-teams coach told me they worked on the onside kick every day. I don’t think I’d ever seen one before. We didn’t practice it at all,” Hill said. “Luck is the convergence of preparation and opportunity. They had an opportunity and they were prepared for it.”

Indeed, Harvard executed its onside kick perfectly and got the ball back with seconds to go. The good fortune continued for the Crimson, as Champi led his troops to a touchdown as time expired. With the score 29-27 and no time left on the clock, only one play remained in the historic season.

Champi took the snap for the team’s second two-point conversion attempt in less than a minute and fired toward sophomore tight end Pete Varney. The pass dropped in the end zone, and the Bulldogs began celebrating a perfect season and another Ivy championship.

The game wasn’t over, though, as the referees signaled pass interference on a Yale cornerback, and the Crimson had one more try. Champi went right back to the well, this time finding Varney for the conversion and a 29-29 tie.

“It was a simple play. We’d probably run it 80 times during the course of the season,” Varney said. “I was a big wideout and was going against a cornerback who was a little bit smaller. I tried to use my size to screen him out. The quarterback hit me right in the chest.”

One day after Harvard’s miraculous comeback, the school newspaper published the headline: “Harvard Beats Yale, 29-29.”

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A season-ending unbeaten Ivy match-up has been a rarity with The Game. The 2007 match-up was just the fourth occurrence in league history — and first in 21 years. At stake, the #25 ranked Crimson were playing a #11 ranked Yale squad for the Ivy League Championship.

Harvard prevailed, 37-6, captured the Ivy Championship, and finished the season 8-2 overall.

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Ivy League Championships:

1961
1966
1968
1974
1975
1982
1983
1987
1997
2001
2004
2007

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Harvard is the only school in Division I-AA that has registered two unbeaten, untied seasons since 1995. The Crimson was 9-0 in the 2001 season before going 10-0 in 2004.

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NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

National collegiate champions in football have been selected every year since 1889.

The choice was based on the Helms Athletic Foundation from 1889-1923, the Rissman Trophy winner from 1924-30, Knute Rockne Memorial Trophy winner from 1931-35, Associated Press poll of sportswriters from 1936 and the UPI poll of coaches from 1950. Since 1978, national champions in Division 1-AA (FCS) have been determined through a play-off system.

Harvard has won seven national championships despite not participating in the playoff system.

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Harvard, founded in 1636, has the distinction of being the nation's first college.

Among its athletics firsts are:
-in 1877, the first baseball catcher's mask was used in a Harvard game, a fencing mask adapted by inventor Fred Thayer for Alexander Tyng
-in 1896, Harvard freshman James B. Connolly became the first gold medalist of the modern Olympics (winning the hop, hop and jump)
-in 1901, women's field hockey was first introduced to America on the Harvard (Radcliffe) campus
-in 1903, Harvard Stadium, the nation's oldest football stadium, was built in 1905, Harvard played in the first intercollegiate soccer match (falling to Haverford, 1-0)
-in 1947, Chester Pierce '48 became the first African-American footballer to play against a white college in the South when the Crimson met the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.

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The Crimson are perfect in postseason play.

Harvard has played one post-season game in its history. The Crimson defeated Oregon, 7-6, to win the Rose Bowl Jan. 1, 1920. It’s the only time since 1898 that Yale hasn’t been Harvard’s last opponent.

Harvard has won more Rose Bowl games (one) than two current members of the Pac-10 (Arizona, Washington State) and one member of the Big Ten (Indiana). Harvard has won as many Rose Bowl titles as Oregon, Oregon State, Minnesota, Penn State and Arizona State.

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Harvard's triple-overtime win of, The Game, in 2005 stands as the longest football game in Ivy League history.

The Ivy League title was not on the line, but it was a historic day in this storied rivalry. It was the first overtime game in 122 meetings between the rivals and the first triple-overtime game in league history. Yale (4-6, 4-3) turned the ball over in each overtime, but it also managed to stop Harvard (7-3, 5-2) twice before the Crimson finally broke the tie.

Harvard 30
Yale 24

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Wayne Johnson, Jr. is the only player to have lettered for both Harvard and Yale in football. In 1942, Johnson played fullback for the Crimson and,
against Yale, dropped a critical pass in a 7-3 defeat to the Elis.

Soon after, he joined the Marines, where the Corps assigned him to Yale in a program that permitted undergrads to continue their studies while preparing for a commission. He played just one game for the Elis before an injury ended his season, but was still awarded a letter.