1984 Harvard Crimson football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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| year = 1984
| team = Harvard Crimson
| sport = football
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| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| record = 5–4
| conf_record = 5–2
| head_coach = Joe Restic
| hc_year = 14th
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| captain = Steven W. Abbott
| stadium = Harvard Stadium
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{{1984 Ivy League football standings}}
The 1984 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Crimson tied for second in the Ivy League.
In their 12th year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 5–4 record but were outscored 196 to 182 by opponents. Steven W. Abbott 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 5–2 conference record tied for second place in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 155 to 139.{{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|pages=30–31}}
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Schedule
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| September 22 | @ | Columbia
| Wien Stadium | New York, NY | W 35-21
| 10,500 | {{cite news |title=Harvard Brings Down the House, 35-21 |first=John |last=Powers |date=September 23, 1984 |page=100 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57119167/1984-columbia-harvard/ }}
| September 29 | | #4 Holy Cross
| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA | L 14-24
| 19,500 | {{cite news |title=Holy Cross Settles a Score |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=September 30, 1984 |page=89 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57119779/1984-harvard-hc/ }}
| October 6 | @ | Army
| Michie Stadium | West Point, NY | L 11-33
| 40,504 | {{cite news |title=Army Gets Its Wish, Chews Up Harvard, 33-11 |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=October 7, 1984 |page=59 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57120677/1984-harvard-army/ }}
| October 13 | | Cornell
| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA | W 24-18
| 11,500 | {{cite news |title=Harvard Stops Cornell, 24-18 |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=October 14, 1984 |page=54 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57120916/1984-cornell-harvard/ }}
| October 20 | @ | Dartmouth
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH (rivalry) | W 21-7
| 20,088 | {{cite news |title=Harvard Wins on the Run, 21-7 |first=Barry |last=Cadigan |date=October 21, 1984 |page=62 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57157558/1984-dartmouth-harvard/ }}
| October 27 | @ | Princeton
| Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ (rivalry) | W 17-15
| 24,234 | {{cite news |title=White and Harvard Run Away from Princeton |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=October 28, 1984 |page=62 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57163347/1984-harvard-princeton/ }}
| November 3 | | Brown
| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA | W 24-10
| 15,000 | {{cite news |title=Brown-Out at Harvard |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=November 4, 1984 |page=68 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57164704/1984-brown-harvard/ }}
| November 10 | @ | Penn
| Franklin Field | Philadelphia, PA | L 7-38
| 38,810 | {{cite news |title=Penn Rips Harvard to Clinch Tie for Title; Surges to a 38-7 Ivy Win |first=Chuck |last=Newman |date=November 11, 1984 |page=1-E |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57166963/1984-harvard-penn/ }}
| November 17 | | Yale
| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA (The Game) | L 27-30
| 40,000 | {{cite news |title=Yale's Seniors Beat Harvard for 1st Time |first=Ginny |last=Apple |date=November 18, 1984 |pages=E1, E20 |newspaper=The Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57168456/1984-harvard-yale/ }}
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