1883 Harvard Crimson football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1883
| team = Harvard Crimson
| sport = football
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| conference = Independent
| record = 8–2
| head_coach = None
| captain =
| stadium = Jarvis Field
}}
{{1883 college football records}}
The 1883 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1883 college football season. The team compiled an 8–2 record, losing its rivalry games against both Princeton and Yale. Randolph M. Appleton was the team captain.{{cite web|title=1883 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=February 27, 2017|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/harvard/1883-schedule.html}}{{cite web |url=http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Media_Center_Football_Yearly_Results |title=Harvard Football Yearly Records |work=GoCrimson.com |publisher=Harvard University |access-date=August 13, 2014 |archive-date=August 14, 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
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|October 6|| |{{cfb link|year=1883|team=Wesleyan Methodists|title=Wesleyan}}|Jarvis Field|Cambridge, MA|W 23–1| |{{cite news|title=Foot-Ball at Cambridge: Harvard Defeats Wesleyan in the First Game of the Season|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 7, 1883|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16389513/football_at_cambridge_harvard_defeats/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 13|| |Penn (rivalry)|Jarvis Field|Cambridge, MA|W 4–0| |{{cite news|title=Foot-Ball at Cambridge: The Match Between Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 14, 1883|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16389493/football_at_cambridge_the_match/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 17|| |{{cfb link|year=1883|team=MIT Engineers|title=MIT}}|Jarvis Field|Cambridge, MA|W 14–1| |{{cite news|title=Harvard vs. Technology: The Institute Eleven Beaten 14 to 1 on Jarvis Field|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=October 18, 1883|page=4|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/boston-daily-globe-oct-18-1883-p-4/|via=NewspaperARCHIVE}}
|October 20||at|{{cfb link|year=1883|team=Stevens|title=Stevens}}|St. George's Cricket Club grounds|Hoboken, NJ|W 14–4| |{{cite news|title=The Harvard Men Victorious: The Stevens Institute Foot-Ball Team Beaten at Hoboken|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 21, 1883|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16389548/the_harvard_men_victorious_the_stevens/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 27||at|{{cfb link|year=1883|team=Wesleyan Methodists|title=Wesleyan}}|Hartford Ball Club Grounds|Hartford, CT|W 19–8| |{{cite news|title=Foot Ball by Students: The Harvard Team's Victory Over the Wesleyans in this City on Saturday|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|date=October 29, 1883|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16389624/foot_ball_by_students_the_harvard/}}
|November 3|| |{{cfb link|year=1883|team=Williams Ephs|title=Williams}}|Jarvis Field|Cambridge, MA|W 37–0|1,000|{{cite news|title=The Williams Team Beaten: The Harvard Men Win in a Spirited Match Game at Foot-Ball|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 4, 1883|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16389573/the_williams_team_beaten_the_harvard/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 6|| |Stevens|Jarvis Field|Cambridge, MA|W 11–2| |{{cite news|title=Harvard Wins at Foot-Ball: Her Team Has No Trouble To Beat The Stevens Institute Eleven|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 7, 1883|page=3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16389596/harvard_wins_at_football_her_team_has/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 17||at|Princeton (rivalry)|University Field|Princeton, NJ|L 7–26| |{{cite news|title=Two Games of Football: Princeton Defeats Harvard and Yale Overwhelms Columbia|newspaper=The Sun (New York)|date=November 18, 1883|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15270808/two_games_of_football_princeton_beats/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 22|| |Michigan|Jarvis Field|Cambridge, MA|W 3–0|500|{{cite news |author= |title=An Unfinished Game Between Harvard And Michigan Elevens |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16389667/college-foot-ball-an-unfinished-game/ |newspaper=The New York Times |location=New York, New York |date=November 23, 1883 |page=5 |access-date=March 22, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite web|title=1883 Football Team|publisher=University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library|access-date=January 9, 2018|url=https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1883fbt.htm}}
|November 29|2:37 p.m.|vs|Yale (rivalry)|Polo Grounds|New York, NY|L 2–23|nearly 10,000|{{cite news|title=Yale Again Victorious|newspaper=New York Tribune|date=November 30, 1883|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/16316816/yale_again_victorious/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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