2007 Harvard Crimson football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2007
| team = Harvard Crimson
| sport = football
| image = Harvard Crimson logo.svg
| image_size = 100
| conference = Ivy League
| short_conf = Ivy
| TSNRank = 21
| record = 8–2
| conf_record = 7–0
| head_coach = Tim Murphy
| hc_year = 14th
| off_coach = Joel Lamb
| oc_year = 2nd
| off_scheme = Spread
| def_coach = Kevin Doherty
| dc_year = 6th
| def_scheme = 3–4
| captain =
| stadium = Harvard Stadium
| champion = Ivy League champion
}}
{{2007 Ivy League football standings}}
The 2007 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Under 14th-year head coach Tim Murphy, the Crimson compiled an 8–2 record and went undefeated in Ivy League play, winning the conference championship. Harvard averaged 12,423 fans per game.
The team was ranked 21 in the final poll standings for the FCS football season.{{cite web|title=Final Sports Network's 2007 FCS College Football Poll|publisher=The Sports Network|access-date=December 20, 2008|url=http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/misc/2007_poll.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525224350/http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2%2Fmisc%2F2007_poll.htm|archive-date=May 25, 2011|url-status=dead}}
Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2007
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS
| poll = The Sports Network
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 15
| time =
| w/l = l
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Holy Cross
| site_stadium = Fitton Field
| site_cityst = Worcester, MA
| tv =
| score = 31–28
| attend = 10,942
| source = {{cite news |title=Crusaders Can't Be Closed Out |first=Julian |last=Benbow |date=September 16, 2007 |page=C19 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63318131/2007-harvard-hc/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 22
| time =
| w/l = w
| opponent = Brown
| site_stadium = Harvard Stadium
| site_cityst = Boston, MA
| tv =
| score = 24-17
| attend = 18,898
| source = {{cite news |title=Harvard Electrifying Under Lights |first=Michael |last=Vega |date=September 23, 2007 |page=C21 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63321612/2007-brown-harvard/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 29
| time =
| w/l = l
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Lehigh
| site_stadium = Goodman Stadium
| site_cityst = Bethlehem, PA
| tv =
| score = 20–13
| attend = 9,103
| source = {{cite news |title=Mountain Hawks Get Drop on Crimson |first=Bradley |last=Schlegel |date=September 30, 2007 |page=C19 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63323960/2007-harvard-lehigh/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 6
| time =
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Cornell
| site_stadium = Schoellkopf Field
| site_cityst = Ithaca, New York
| tv =
| score = 32–15
| attend = 10,619
| source = {{cite news |title=Crimson Receive Star Efforts |first=Ethan |last=Ramsay |date=October 7, 2007 |page=D15 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63363744/2007-cornell-harvard/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 13
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Lafayette
| site_stadium = Harvard Stadium
| site_cityst = Boston, MA
| tv =
| score = 27-17
| attend = 10,001
| source = {{cite news |title=Crimson Pick Apart Lafayette |first=Craig |last=Larson |date=October 14, 2007 |page=D11 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63364889/2007-harvard-lafayette/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 20
| time =
| w/l = w
| opponent = Princeton
| site_stadium = Harvard Stadium
| site_cityst = Boston, MA
| gamename = rivalry
| tv =
| score = 27–10
| attend = 12,005
| source = {{cite news |title=Harvard's Pizzotti Stars at Improv; Princeton Cannot Contain Quarterback |first=Craig |last=Larson |date=October 21, 2007 |page=D13 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63365725/2007-harvard-princeton/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 27
| time =
| w/l = w
| opponent = Dartmouth
| site_stadium = Harvard Stadium
| site_cityst = Boston, MA
| gamename = rivalry
| tv =
| score = 28–21
| attend = 11,005
| source = {{cite news |title=Big Green Were Ripe for Picking |first=Daniel |last=Malloy |date=October 28, 2007 |page=D14 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63431282/2007-dartmouth-harvard/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 3
| time =
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Columbia
| site_stadium = Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium
| site_cityst = New York, NY
| tv =
| score = 27–12
| attend = 2,283
| source = {{cite news |title=Lions Cannot Stop Crimson |first=Elliott |last=Denman |date=November 4, 2007 |page=F18 |newspaper=Boston Sunday Globe |location=Boston, Mass.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63433002/2007-columbia-harvard/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 10
| time =
| w/l = w
| opponent = Penn
| site_stadium = Harvard Stadium
| site_cityst = Boston, MA
| gamename = rivalry
| tv =
| score = 23–7
| attend = 10,116
| source = {{cite news |title=Injuries Take Penn Out Early |first=Mike |last=Scandura |date=November 11, 2007 |page=E15 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63498838/2007-harvard-penn/ }}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 17
| time =
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Yale
| opprank = 11
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| gamename = The Game
| tv =
| score = 37–6
| attend = 57,248
| source = {{cite news |title=Bowl Licking for Yale: Harvard Dominates to Win Ivy League |first=Tommy |last=Hine |date=November 18, 2007 |page=E1 |newspaper=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Conn.|via=Newspapers.com |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63499680/2007-harvard-yale/ }}
}}
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Harvard Crimson football navbox}}
{{Ivy League football champions}}
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Category:Ivy League football champion seasons
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