1980 Harvard Crimson football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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| year = 1980
| team = Harvard Crimson
| sport = football
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| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| record = 7–3
| conf_record = 4–3
| head_coach = Joe Restic
| hc_year = 10th
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| captain = Charles F. Durst
| stadium = Harvard Stadium
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{{1980 Ivy League football standings}}
The 1980 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. Harvard tied for third place in the Ivy League.
In their tenth year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents 159 to 138. Charles F. Durst was the team captain.{{cite web |title=Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results |publisher=Harvard University |location=Cambridge, Mass. |access-date=June 20, 2020 |url=https://gocrimson.com/documents/2020/6/17//FBL_RecordBook_Year_by_Year_Results.pdf?id=6334}}
Harvard's 4–3 conference record tied for third in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson were evenly matched by Ivy opponents, with 106 points scored and 106 points against.{{cite book|url=https://ivyleague.com/documents/2017/8/23/3_Year_By_Year_History_2017.pdf?id=2998|title=Ivy League Football Media Guide|chapter=Year-by-Year History|publisher=Ivy League|location=Princeton, N.J.|date=2017|access-date=July 10, 2020|page=29}}
Ivy League football teams expanded their schedules to 10 games in 1980, making this the first year since 1953 that the Crimson played three games against non-Ivy opponents.
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Schedule
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| September 20 | | Columbia
| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA | W 26-6
| 10,000 | {{cite news |title=Harvard Rolls Up 394 Total Yards as Hapless Columbia Falls 26-6 |first=Bill |last=Verigan |date=September 21, 1980 |at=Sports p. 10 |newspaper=Daily News |location=New York, N.Y.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56472008/1980-columbia-harvard}}
| September 27 | | Holy Cross
| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA | W 14-13
| 18,000 | {{cite news |title=HC Can't Convert; Harvard Escapes |first=Ernie |last=Roberts |date=September 28, 1980 |page=80 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54315783/1980-harvard-holy-cross}}
| October 4 | @ | Army
| Michie Stadium | West Point, NY | W 15-10
| 38,479 | {{cite news |title=Harvard Surprises Army |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=October 5, 1980 |page=60 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54316176/1980-harvard-army}}
| October 11 | | Cornell
| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA | W 20-12
| 10,000 | {{cite news |title=Harvard Rolls On |first=Ernie |last=Roberts |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass. |date=October 12, 1980 |page=56 |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54316386/1980-cornell-harvard}}
| October 18 | @ | Dartmouth
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH (rivalry) | L 12-30
| 20,000 | {{cite news |title=Dartmouth Rips Harvard |first=Ernie |last=Roberts |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass. |date=October 19, 1980 |page=54 |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54316734/1980-dartmouth-harvard}}
| October 25 | @ | Princeton
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ (rivalry) | L 3-7
| 6,868 | {{cite news |title=Harvard Falls Again |first=Joe |last=Concannon |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass. |date=October 26, 1980 |page=54 |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54319999/1980-harvard-princeton}}
| November 1 | | Brown
| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA | W 17-16
| 16,000 | {{cite news |title=Buckley, Harvard End Brown Hex -- Barely |first=John |last=Powers |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass. |date=November 2, 1980 |page=48 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54320800/1980-brown-harvard/ |via=Newspapers.com}}
| November 8 | | William & Mary
| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA | W 24-13
| 10,000 | {{cite news |title=Harvard Tops Wm. & Mary |first=Lesley |last=Visser |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass. |date=November 9, 1980 |page=78 |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54323196/1980-harvard-wm/}}
| November 15 | @ | Penn
| Franklin Field | Philadelphia, PA | W 28-17
| 5,917 | {{cite news |title=Harvard Rally Beats Penn |first=Lesley |last=Visser |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass. |date=November 16, 1980 |page=86 |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54323457/1980-harvard-penn/}}
| November 22 | | Yale
| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA (The Game) | L 0-14
| 41,000 | {{cite news |title=Yale Gets Its Revenge, 14-0; Defense Ends Harvard Hopes |first=Joe |last=Concannon |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass. |date=November 23, 1980 |page=71 |via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54323842/1980-harvard-yale/}}
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