1938 Harvard Crimson football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1938
| team = Harvard Crimson
| sport = football
| image =
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| conference = Independent
| record = 4–4
| head_coach = Dick Harlow
| hc_year = 4th
| captain = Bobby Green
| stadium = Harvard Stadium
}}
{{1938 Eastern college football independents records}}
The 1938 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 157 to 106. The season began with four consecutive losses and ended with four consecutive wins.{{cite web|title=1938 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=April 10, 2020|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/harvard/1938-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=June 25, 2019 |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 }}
Key players included halfbacks Frank Foley and Torbert "Torby" Macdonald, quarterback Cliff Wilson, ends Don Daughters and Bobby Green (also captain), and guard Nick Mellen.
The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Schedule
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|poll=AP
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|October 1||Brown|Harvard Stadium|Boston, MA|L 13-20|25,000|{{cite news|title=Brown Wins In Harvard Game, 20-13|newspaper=The Hartford Courant|agency=Associated Press|date=October 2, 1938|page=IV-1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant-brown-wins-in-harvard-g/133720513/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 8||Cornell|Harvard Stadium|Boston, MA|L 0-20|35,000|{{cite news|title=Cornell Power Plays Flatten Harvard, 20-0|newspaper=The New York Daily News|date=October 9, 1938|page=38C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-cornell-power-plays-flatten-h/133720317/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 15||Army|Harvard Stadium|Boston, MA|L 17-20|55,000|{{cite news|title=Army Beats Harvard On Late Score, 20-17|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=October 16, 1938|page=82|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-army-beats-harvard-on-late-sc/133720044/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 22||No. 4 Dartmouth|Harvard Stadium|Boston, MA (rivalry)|L 7-13||{{cite news|title=Unbeaten Big Green Trims Harvard, 13-7|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=October 23, 1938|page=92|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-unbeaten-big-green-trims-harv/133719786/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 29||Princeton||Princeton, NJ (rivalry)|W 26-7||{{cite news|title=Harvard Rips Tiger In Big 3 Clash, 26-7|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=October 30, 1938|agency=United Press|page=39C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-harvard-rips-tiger-in-big-3-c/133719648/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 5||Chicago|Harvard Stadium|Boston, MA|W 47-13|20,000|{{cite news|title=Maroon Lead Fades; Lose To Harvard, 47-13|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=November 6, 1938|page=II-2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115235817/maroon-lead-fades-lose-to-harvard-47-13/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 12||Virginia|Harvard Stadium|Boston, MA|W 40-13|15,000|{{cite news|title=U. Va. Beaten, 40 to 13, By Harvard|newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch|agency=Associated Press|date=November 13, 1938|pages=II-1, II-5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/richmond-times-dispatch-u-va-beaten-4/133716499/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 19||at Yale|Yale Bowl|New Haven, CT (rivalry)|W 7-0|62,000|{{cite news|title=Harvard Gamble Trips Yale, 7-0|newspaper=New York Daily News|author=Gene Ward|date=November 20, 1938|page=36C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-harvard-gamble-trips-yale-7/133716222/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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