1874–75 Harvard Crimson football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1874

| team = Harvard Crimson

| sport = football

| image = McGill v harvard football game 1874.jpg

| image_size = 250

| caption = Harvard at McGill, October 23, 1874

| conference = Independent

| record = 1–1

| head_coach = None

| captain = Arthur B. Ellis

| stadium = Jarvis Field

| champion = Co-national champion (Davis)

}}

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.{{cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2017/FBS.pdf |title=National Poll Champions |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |year=2017 |work=NCAA Division I Football Records |page=110 |access-date=December 31, 2017}} The team captain was Arthur B. Ellis.{{cite web |title=Harvard Football Yearly Results |url=http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Media_Center_Football_Yearly_Results |publisher=Harvard University |access-date=1 January 2018 |archive-date=14 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814061951/http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Media_Center_Football_Yearly_Results |url-status=dead }}

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 0–0 tie, but Harvard had scored three tries to win the game in front of 2,000 spectators.{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X4IuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OqEFAAAAIBAJ&dq=harvard%20mcgill%20football&pg=943%2C6513069|publisher=The Montreal Gazette|date=November 27, 1970|access-date=August 22, 2014|first=D.A.L.|last=MacDonald|title=Montreal's Cup Float recalls how McGill started grid mania}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MnMzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z-MFAAAAIBAJ&dq=harvard%20mcgill%20football%201874&pg=1106%2C5266575|publisher=San Jose Evening News|date=November 13, 1915|access-date=August 22, 2014|title=Early Football}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 23, 1874

| time = 3:30 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = McGill

| site_stadium = Montreal Cricket Club grounds

| site_cityst = Montreal, QC

| score = 0–0 (Harvard scored 3 tries)

| attend = 3,000

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Round Town |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98477794/the-montreal-star/ |newspaper=Montreal Star |location=Montreal, Quebec |date=October 23, 1873 |page=2 |access-date=March 26, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=International Foot-Ball Match |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98477864/the-burlington-free-press/ |newspaper=The Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, Vermont |date=October 26, 1873 |page=3 |access-date=March 26, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Early Football |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=MnMzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z-MFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1106%2C5266575 |newspaper=The Evening News |location=San Jose, California |page=4 |date=November 13, 1915 |accessdate=August 22, 2014 |via=Google News }}{{cite news |last=MacLean |first=Dan |title=Montreal's Cup Float recalls how McGill started grid mania |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X4IuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OqEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=943%2C6513069 |newspaper=The Montreal Gazette |location=Montreal, Quebec |date=November 27, 1970 |accessdate=August 22, 2014 |via=Google News}}

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|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = June 4, 1875

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| opponent = Tufts

| site_stadium = Jarvis Field

| site_cityst = Cambridge, MA

| score = 0–1

| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Tufts Against Harvard in a Foot Ball Contest |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98477683/the-boston-globe/ |newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=June 5, 1875 |page=1 |access-date=March 27, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

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References

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