1993 Harvard Crimson football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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| year = 1993
| team = Harvard Crimson
| sport = football
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| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| record = 3–7
| conf_record = 1–6
| head_coach = Joe Restic
| hc_year = 23rd
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| captain = Brian Ramer
| stadium = Harvard Stadium
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{{1993 Ivy League football standings}}
The 1993 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Harvard tied for last in the Ivy League.
In their 23rd and final year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 3–7 record and were outscored 279 to 233. Brian Ramer 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 1–6 conference record tied for seventh (and worst) in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson were outscored 193 to 154 by Ivy opponents.{{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=35}}
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Schedule
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| rankyear = 1993
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll =The Sports Network
| September 18 | | Columbia
| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA | W 30-3
| 8,448 | {{cite news |title=Harvard Gets Off to a Fresh Start |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=September 19, 1993 |page=64 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58778890/1993-columbia-harvard/ }}
| September 25 | @ | #20 William & Mary
| Zable Stadium | Williamsburg, VA | L 17-45
| 14,314 | {{cite news |title=Blowout of the Century: Outgunned Harvard the Perfect Guest at Tribe's Party |first=Dave |last=Fairbank |date=September 26, 1993 |page=C1 |newspaper=Daily Press |location=Newport News, Va.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58781052/1993-harvard-wm/ }}
| October 2 | | Lafayette
| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA | W 21 16
| 10,112 | {{cite news |title=Crimson Clock Lafayette |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=October 3, 1993 |page=62 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58799110/1993-lafayette-harvard/ }}
| October 9 | @ | Cornell
| Schoellkopf Field | Ithaca, NY | L 0-27
| 6,092 | {{cite news |title=Harvard Blown Out by Cornell |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=October 10, 1993 |page=63 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58800549/1993-o9-ivies/ }}
| October 16 | | Holy Cross
| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA | W 41-25
| 11,647 | {{cite news |title=Harvard Flexes Its Muscle Against Holy Cross |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=October 17, 1993 |page=63 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58802422/1993-harvard-hc/ }}
| October 23 | | Princeton
| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA (rivalry) | L 10-21
| 19,309 | {{cite news |title=Princeton Gives Harvard the Slip |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=October 24, 1993 |page=62 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58803845/1993-harvard-princeton/ }}
| October 30 | @ | Dartmouth
| Memorial Field | Hanover, NH (rivalry) | L 34-39
| 11,030 | {{cite news|title=Dartmouth Burns Harvard |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=October 31, 1993 |page=75 |location=Boston, Mass. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/40574021/dartmouth_burns_harvard_qb_fiedler/ |via=Newspapers.com}}
| November 6 | @ | Brown
| Brown Stadium | Providence, RI | L 29-43
| 6,129 | {{cite news |title=Pumped-Up Brown Deflates the Crimson |first=Joe |last=Concannon |date=November 7, 1993 |page=62 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58806201/1993-brown-harvard/ }}
| November 13 | | #17 Penn
| Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA (rivalry) | L 20-27
| 8,950 | {{cite news |title=Penn Ends Crimson Jinx, 27-20, Closes on Ivy Title |first=Jay |last=Searcy |date=November 14, 1993 |page=C11 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58807338/1993-harvard-penn/ }}
| November 20 | @ | Yale
| Yale Bowl | New Haven, CT (The Game) | L 31-33
| 33,776 | {{cite news |title=Iwan Assures Victory Ends Up in Yale's Hands |first=Bruce |last=Berlet |date=November 21, 1993 |pages=E1, E11 |newspaper=The Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/58808851/1993-harvard-yale/ }}
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