1875–76 Harvard Crimson football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1875
| team = Harvard Crimson
| sport = football
| image = Tufts vs harvard football october1875.jpg
| image_size = 285
| image_caption = Tufts vs. Harvard at College Hill, October 1875
| conference = Independent
| record = 4–0
| head_coach = None
| captain = William A. Whiting
| champion = National champion (NCF)
Co-national champion (Davis)
}}
{{1875 college football records}}
The 1875–76 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1875 college football season. The team finished with a 4–0 record and was retroactively named as the national champion by the National Championship Foundation and as a 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 William A. Whiting.{{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|language=en|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}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 23
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Canada All-Stars
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Montreal, QC
| score = 1–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 27
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1875|team=Tufts Jumbos|title=Tufts}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = Medford, MA
| score = 1–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 13
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Yale
| site_stadium = Hamilton Park
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 4–0
| source = {{cite news |author= |title=Football Game Between Harvard and Yale Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98665768/the-boston-globe/ |newspaper=The Boston Daily Globe |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=November 13, 1875 |page=5 |access-date=March 29, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Foot Ball.—The Match Between Harvard And Yale – Harvard Victorious |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98665609/boston-evening-transcript/ |newspaper=Boston Evening Transcript |location=Boston, Massachusetts |date=November 15, 1875 |page=1 |access-date=March 29, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = May 8, 1876
| w/l = w
| opponent = Canada All-Stars
| site_stadium = Jarvis Field
| site_cityst = Cambridge, MA
| score = 1–0
}}
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{1875 Harvard Crimson football navbox}}
{{Harvard Crimson football navbox}}
{{College Football National Champion pre-AP Poll navbox}}
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Category:Harvard Crimson football seasons
Category:College football national champions
Category:College football undefeated seasons
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