Harvard Crimson football

{{See also|List of Harvard Crimson football seasons}}

Though rugby style "carrying game" with use of hands permitted (as opposed to "kicking games" where hands were not permitted) between freshmen and sophomores were played in 1858The "carrying game" emerged apparently due to the popularity of the 1857 published 'Tom Brown's School Days' as reported in 'Evolvements of Early American Foot Ball: Through the 1899/91 Season' by Melvin I. Smith (Library of Congress Control Number 2008903251 first published December 2, 2008) pages xii and xiii the rugby team was not founded until December 6, 1872,'Evolvements of Early American Foot Ball: Through the 1899/91 Season' page xiii/ by former members of the Oneida Football Club, formed in 1862 and considered by some historians as the first formal "football" club in the United States.[https://www.academia.edu/34307566/THE_BOSTON_GAME THE BOSTON GAME] article by Michael T. Geary at academia.edu[https://web.archive.org/web/20070715025451/http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/oneidas.html Were the Oneidas playing soccer or not?] by Roger Allaway at sover.net (archived)[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89098742257;view=1up;seq=3An Historical Sketch of the Oneida Football Club of Boston: 1862-1865] by Winthrop S. Scudder - Library of the University of Wisconsin[https://web.archive.org/web/20121127232526/https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2012/11/21/oneida-football-club-first-team-play-high-school-football/OBtaKz79JZcmtxkm5WQ40M/story.html Remembering the first high school football games] By Bob Holmes on The Boston Globe, 21 Nov 2012 Oneida had developed the "Boston game" (or "Boston rules)", an early code of football that was also used by the recently established Harvard club.[http://www.profootballresearchers.com/articles/No_Christian_End.pdf No Christian End! The Beginnings of Football in America] By PFRA Research (Originally Published in The Journey to Camp: The Origins of American Football to 1889 (PFRA Books) Harvard team is considered the oldest rugby team in the United States.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1924/11/8/woodrow-wilson-coached-princetons-first-football/|title=WOODROW WILSON COACHED PRINCETon's FIRST FOOTBALL TEAM, SAYS HISTORIAN | News | the Harvard Crimson}}'Evolvements of Early American Foot Ball: Through the 1899/91 Season' pages xiii and xiii/

Old "Football Fightum" had been resurrected at Harvard in 1872, when Harvard resumed playing football. Harvard, however, had adopted a version of football which allowed carrying, albeit only when the player carrying the ball was being pursued. As a result of this, Harvard refused to attend the rules conference organized by the other schools and continued to play under its own code.

In 1873 when the Harvard team received an invitation from the McGill University football club. The McGill team was then in a similar situation as Harvard, as they sought some team with which to play rugby football and no other club wanted to play that game. Harvard boys agreed to a rugby match with McGill under the condition the Canadians played the Boston Game. As McGill accepted, a two-game series was scheduled for May 1874 in Boston. The team captains sent letters detailing their respective game's rules and it was agreed that the first game would be played under Boston rules and the second under rugby rules.[https://web.archive.org/web/20141213001352/http://www.cfl.ca/page/his_timeline_1870 History: 1872-79] at CFL.com (archived)[https://www.britannica.com/sports/gridiron-football gridiron football] at Britannica.com Inasmuch as rugby football had been transplanted to Canada from England, the McGill team played under a set of rules which allowed a player to pick up the ball and run with it whenever he wished. Another rule, unique to McGill, was to count tries (the act of grounding the football past the opposing team's goal line; it is important to note that there was no end zone during this time), as well as goals, in the scoring. In the rugby rules of the time, a touchdown only provided the chance to kick a free goal from the field. If the kick was missed, the touchdown did not count.

The first game (attended by nearly 500 spectators, mostly students) showed the kicking of a round ball as the most prominent feature of the "Boston Game". The Canadians were easily defeated by a Harvard squad familiarised with the Boston rules in contrast to the lack of experience of McGill players.[https://web.archive.org/web/20130612171338/http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/rugby/articles/they-picked-up-the-ball/ They Picked Up The Ball] BY PETER CARFAGNA at Harvard Rugby (archived, 12 Jun 2013) During the second game under the rugby rules, the Harvard players easily adapted to the less restrictive rules of the game, such as the unlimited running and passing the ball or the more aggressive and constant tackling. Within a few years, Harvard had both adopted McGill's rules and persuaded other U.S. university teams to do the same. On June 4, 1875, Harvard played another rugby match v Tufts University (lost 1–0),[https://web.archive.org/web/20100821084917/http://www.archive.org/stream/hbookofharvardat013538mbp/hbookofharvardat013538mbp_djvu.txt "THE FOOTBALL H: A CRIMSON H ON A BLACK SWEATER The H Book Of Harvard Athletics 1852 1922] (archived, 21 Ago 2010) and then Yale on November 13. That game caused Yale to drop association football in favour of rugby.

File:McGill v harvard football game 1874.jpg game, played in October 1874]]

The McGill team traveled to Cambridge to meet Harvard. On May 14, 1874, the first game, played under Harvard's rules, was won by Harvard with a score of 3–0.{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/football002320mbp#page/n77/mode/2up|title=Football, the American intercollegiate game |page=64|author=Parke H. Davis|author-link=Parke H. Davis }} The next day, the two teams played under "McGill" rugby rules to a scoreless tie.{{cite web |title=No Christian End! |work=The Journey to Camp: The Origins of American Football to 1889 |publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association |url=http://www.profootballresearchers.com/articles/No_Christian_End.pdf |access-date=January 26, 2010}} The games featured a round ball instead of a rugby-style oblong ball. This series of games represents an important milestone in the development of the modern game of American football.{{cite web|url=https://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=106694 |title=Spotlight Athletics |publisher=Mcgill.ca |date=May 14, 2012 |access-date=October 22, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018211559/http://www.mcgill.ca/athletics/newsroom/spotlight/item/?item_id=106694 |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |df=mdy}}{{cite journal|title=Parke H. Davis '93 On Harvard Football|page=583|journal=Princeton Alumni Weekly|volume=16|date=March 29, 1916 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ThJbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA583|via=Google books}} {{Open access}} In October 1874, the Harvard team once again traveled to Montreal to play McGill in rugby, where they won by three tries. Harvard later brought the Harvard/McGill rules to a game against another American college. On June 4, 1875, Harvard played Tufts University under rules that included each side fielding 11 men, the ball was advanced by kicking or carrying it, and tackles of the ball carrier stopped play.{{cite web |title=Gridiron gridlock: Citing research, Tufts claims football history is on its side |first=Kevin Paul |last=Dupont |date=September 23, 2004 |work=The Boston Globe |url=https://www.boston.com/sports/articles/2004/09/23/gridiron_gridlock/?page=full}} This is likely the first game between two American colleges in this early era that most resembled the modern game of American football.

File:Ralph Horween 2.jpg played for the unbeaten Harvard Crimson football teams of 1919 and 1920]]

The Harvard Crimson was one of the dominant forces in the early days of intercollegiate football, winning 9 college football national championships between 1890 and 1919.{{cite web |url=http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Football_National_Championships_Media_Center |title=Harvard Football National Championships |access-date=October 18, 2011 |archive-date=April 7, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407030742/http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Football_National_Championships_Media_Center |url-status=dead }}{{cite book | url=http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/football_records/DI/2009/2009FBS.pdf | title=Official 2009 NCAA Division I Football Records Book | pages=78–79 | publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association | date=August 2009 | location=Indianapolis, IN | access-date=November 3, 2010}} In the forty-year period from 1889 to 1928, Harvard had more than 80 first-team All-American selections.{{cite web |title=Media Center: Harvard Crimson Football All-American Selections |url=http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Football_All-Americans_Media_Center |publisher=GoCrimson.com |access-date=November 4, 2010 |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308180726/http://gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Football_All-Americans_Media_Center |url-status=dead }} Under head coach Percy Haughton, Harvard had three consecutive undefeated seasons from 1912 to 1914, including two perfect seasons in 1912 and 1913.{{cite web |title=Harvard Yearly Results (1910–1914) |url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ivyleague/harvard/yearly_results.php?year=1910 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112052905/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ivyleague/harvard/yearly_results.php?year=1910 |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |access-date=November 4, 2010 |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse}}

In both 1919 and 1920, headed by All-American brothers Arnold Horween and Ralph Horween (who also attended Harvard Law School), Harvard was undefeated (9–0–1, as they outscored their competition 229–19, and 8–0–1, respectively).{{cite web |url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/football.asp?ID=73 |title=Horween, Ralph |publisher=Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum |access-date=March 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130317030523/http://www.jewsinsports.org/football.asp?ID=73 |archive-date=March 17, 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/football.asp?ID=72 |title=Horween, Arnold |publisher=Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum |date=March 3, 2013 |access-date=March 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204132127/https://www.jewsinsports.org/football.asp?ID=72 |archive-date=December 4, 2020 |url-status=dead }}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5vygvFMFm64C&q=marchmont+schwartz+jewish&pg=PT218 |title=The Gipper: George Gipp, Knute Rockne, and the Dramatic Rise of Notre Dame Football |author=Jack Cavanaugh |publisher= Skyhorse Publishing|year=2010|isbn=9781616081102 |access-date=March 23, 2013}} The team won the 1920 Rose Bowl against the University of Oregon, 7–6.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yt0zAQAAIAAJ&q=Ralph+Horween |title=The New York Times Biographical Service |publisher=New York Times & Arno Press |year=1997 |access-date=March 22, 2013}}{{cite news|author=Ralph Goldstein |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/29/sports/ralph-horween-100-the-oldest-ex-nfl-player.html |title=Ralph Horween, 100, the Oldest Ex-N.F.L. Player| work=The New York Times |date=May 29, 1997 |access-date=March 19, 2013}}{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tbyEWvm1AhEC&q=Ralph+Horween&pg=PR12 |title=Centenarians |author=Dale Richard Perelman |year= 2012 |publisher=AuthorHouse |isbn=9781477217306 |access-date=March 21, 2013}} It was the only bowl appearance in Harvard history.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/04/sports/a-league-first-former-player-turns-100.html |title=A League First: Former Player Turns 100 |work=The New York Times |date=August 4, 1996 |access-date=March 23, 2013}}

The NCAA decided to split Division I into two subdivisions in 1978, then called I-A for larger schools, and I-AA for the smaller ones. The NCAA had devised the split, in part, with the Ivy League in mind, but the conference did not move down for four seasons despite the fact that there were many indications that the ancient eight were on the wrong side of an increasing disparity between the big and small schools. In 1982, the NCAA created a rule that stated a program's average attendance must be at least 15,000 to qualify for I-A membership. This forced the conference's hand, as only some of the member schools met the attendance qualification. Choosing to stay together rather than stand their ground separately in the increasingly competitive I-A subdivision, the Ivy League, along with several other conferences and independent programs moved down into I-AA starting with the 1982 season.Mark F. Bernstein, Football: The Ivy League Origins of an American Obsession

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Since the formation of the Ivy League in 1956, Harvard has won outright or shared 19 Ivy League championships (8 outright; 11 shared), 1961 (6–3), 1966 (8–1), 1968 (8–0–1), 1974 (7–2), 1975 (7–2), 1982 (7–3), 1983 (6–2–2), 1987 (8–2), 1997 (9–1), 2001 (9–0), 2004 (10–0), 2007 (8–2), 2008 (9–1), 2011 (9–1), 2013 (9–1), 2014 (10–0), 2015 (9–1), 2023 (8–2), and 2024 (8-2). The Crimson is behind Dartmouth's 21 Ivy League Football Championships.{{cite web|title=Harvard Composite Championship Listing|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ivyleague/harvard/championships.php|access-date=October 26, 2010|archive-date=March 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325012702/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ivyleague/harvard/championships.php|url-status=dead}}

In summer 2020, the Ivy League announced that the fall season would be postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic;{{cite magazine |last1=West |first1=Jenna |title=Ivy League to Postpone Fall Athletics, No Date Set for Return |url=https://www.si.com/college/2020/07/08/ivy-league-postpone-fall-sports-hopeful-football-spring |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=8 July 2020 |language=en-us}} the 2020 football season was eventually cancelled altogether. Harvard did not resume play until September 2021, after a nearly two-year hiatus, with a 44-9 victory over Georgetown.{{cite news |last1=Wong |first1=Griffin |title=Football Cruises to 44-9 Victory over Georgetown in First Game in Nearly Two Years |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/9/19/FB-2021-GTown/ |access-date=1 October 2021 |publisher=The Harvard Crimson |date=19 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920110813/https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/9/19/FB-2021-GTown/ |archive-date=20 September 2021}}

Harvard has won 12 national championships (1874, 1875, 1890, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1919, 1920) from NCAA-designated major selectors.{{cite book|author=Christopher J. Walsh|title=Who's #1?: 100-Plus Years of Controversial National Champions in College Football|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=580XAQAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Taylor Trade Pub.|isbn=978-1-58979-337-8|page=122}}{{cite book | url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2018/FBS.pdf | title=2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records | publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association | date=August 2017 | location=Indianapolis| access-date=September 4, 2018}}{{rp|110–111}}

Harvard claims seven of these college football national championships.{{cite web | url=https://publogix.com/e/23-HARUFBYB/ | title=2023 Harvard University Digital Football Yearbook }}

Bold indicates claimed championship

Harvard has won 19 conference championships, all of which occurring during their tenure in the Ivy League, which they joined in 1956, with eight of them being outright and nine being shared. They are second in total Ivy League football titles, behind Dartmouth.{{cite web|url=http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Football_Ivy_CHampionships_Media_Center|title=Media Center: Harvard Crimson Football – Ivy League Championships|publisher=gocrimson.com}}

† Co-championship

The following are the head coaches in the history of Harvard football and their records.{{cite web|title=Harvard Coaching Records|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ivyleague/harvard/coaching_records.php|access-date=October 26, 2010|archive-date=September 19, 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020919102225/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/ivyleague/harvard/coaching_records.php|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/harvard/|title=Harvard Crimson Football Record By Year – College Football at Sports-Reference.com|website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com}}

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{{main|Harvard–Yale football rivalry}}

Harvard and Yale have been competing against each other in football since 1875. The annual rivalry game between the two schools, known as "The Game", is played in November at the end of the football season. As of 2022, Yale led the series 69–61–8. The Game is the second oldest continuing rivalry and also the third most-played rivalry game in college football history, after the Lehigh–Lafayette Rivalry (1884) and the Princeton–Yale game (1873). Sports Illustrated On Campus rated the Harvard–Yale rivalry the sixth-best in college athletics in 2003. Ted Kennedy played football for Harvard and caught a touchdown pass in the 1955 Harvard/Yale game. In 2006, Yale ended a five-game losing streak against Harvard, winning 34–13. The star of the game was freshman QB Derrick Szu-tu. Despite never playing high school football, the frosh went 27-for-35 for 359 yards and six passing touchdowns (along with 6 interceptions and 4 lost fumbles). That Harvard winning streak was third longest in the history of the series, after Yale's 1902–1907 six-game winning streak and Yale's 1880–1889 eight-game winning streak. Harvard has since beaten Yale in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. The Game is significant for historical reasons as the rules of The Game soon were adopted by other schools. Football's rules, conventions, and equipment, as well as elements of "atmosphere" such as the mascot and fight song, include many elements pioneered or nurtured at Harvard and Yale.{{cite book|author=Thomas G. Bergin|title=The Game: The Harvard-Yale Football Rivalry, 1875–1983|publisher=Yale University Press|year=1984}}{{cite book|author=Bernard M. Corbett and Paul Simpson|title=The Only Game That Matters|publisher=Crown|year=2004|isbn=1-4000-5068-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/onlygamethatmatt00bern}}

{{main|Dartmouth–Harvard football rivalry}}

The series with Dartmouth dates to 1882.

{{main|Harvard–Penn football rivalry}}

The series with Penn dates to 1881.

{{main|Harvard–Princeton football rivalry}}

The series with Princeton dates to 1877.

In its early years, the football team played at several stadiums including Jarvis Field, Holmes Field and Soldier's Field.

{{main|Harvard Stadium}}

File:Harvard Stadium aerial.jpg, November 2008]]

Harvard Stadium is a horseshoe-shaped football stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. The stadium is an important historic landmark. Built in 1903, it is the nation's oldest stadium. Penn's Franklin Field is the oldest site still in use (1895) but its current stadium was built in 1922. It was also the world's first massive reinforced-concrete structure, and considered at the time of construction to be the 'finest structure of its kind in the world'. The structure was completed in just six months, mainly by the efforts of Harvard students, and for a budget of $200,000. Thus 'the stadium represents the thought, the money, the ideas, the planning, and the manual labor of Harvard men'.{{cite news|title=Harvard's Great Stadium|work=The New York Times |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1903/11/22/102030317.pdf | date=November 22, 1903}} As such, it is one of four athletic arenas distinguished as a National Historic Landmark (the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Rose Bowl and the Yale Bowl are the other three).{{cite web|title=Harvard Stadium History|publisher=Harvard Crimson|url=http://www.gocrimson.com/information/facilities/harvardstadium}} The stadium seats 30,323. Temporary steel stands were added in the stadiums to expand capacity to 57,166 until 1951. Afterward, there were smaller temporary stands until the building of the Murr Center (which is topped by the new scoreboard) in 1998. In 2006, Harvard installed both FieldTurf and lights.{{cite web|title=Harvard Stadium: Home of Harvard Football and Lacrosse Harvard Stadium Notes |publisher=Harvard University|url=http://www.gocrimson.com/information/facilities/harvardstadium}}{{cite web|title=Harvard Stadium Football History|publisher=Harvard University |url=http://www.gocrimson.com/information/facilities/Harvard_Stadium_Football_History}}

As of 2018, 18 Harvard Crimson football players and 3 coaches have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame Inductee Search|publisher=College Football Hall of Fame|url=https://footballfoundation.org/hof_search.aspx|access-date=September 17, 2018}}

File:William H. Lewis (1892).jpg was the first African-American college football player and the first African-American All-American]]

File:Marshall Newell.jpg was a four-time All-American from 1890 to 1893.]]

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Over 30 players from Harvard have gone on to play in the National Football League.{{cite web|title=Harvard Players/Alumni|publisher=pro-football-reference.com|url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/colleges/harvard/}}

File:Eddie Mahan.jpg was named by Jim Thorpe as the greatest football player of all time.]]

File:Hamilton Fish III.jpg served 25 years in Congress.]]

File:Huntington Hardwick.jpg was called "a big, fine-looking aristocrat from blue-blood stock" who "loved combat – body contact at crushing force – a fight to the finish."{{cite news|author=Grantland Rice|title=Hardwick of Harvard|newspaper=Miami Daily News|date=July 6, 1949|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3qsyAAAAIBAJ&pg=6361,1875078&dq=tack-hardwick+football&hl=en}}]]

Since the first All-American team was selected by Caspar Whitney in 1889, more than 100 Harvard football players have been selected as first-team All-Americans. Consensus All-Americans are noted below with bold typeface.

• 1889: Arthur Cumnock (End), John Cranston (G), James P. Lee (HB)
• 1890: Frank Hallowell (End), Marshall Newell (T), John Cranston (C), Dudley Dean (QB), John Corbett (HB)
• 1891: Marshall Newell (T), Everett J. Lake (HB)
• 1892: Frank Hallowell (End), Marshall Newell (T), Bert Waters (G), William H. Lewis (center), Charley Brewer (FB)
• 1893: Marshall Newell (T), William H. Lewis (C), Charley Brewer (FB)
• 1894: Bert Waters (T), Mackie (G), Bob Wrenn (QB)
• 1895: Norman Cabot (End), Charley Brewer (FB)
• 1896: Norman Cabot (End), Percy Haughton (T), N. Shaw (G), Edgar Wrightington (HB), Dunlop (Harvard)
• 1897: Moulton (End), George W. Bouve (G), Allan Doucette (C), Benjamin Dibblee (FB)
• 1898: John Hallowell (End), Cochran (End), Percy Haughton (T), Walter Boal (G), Charles Dudley Daly (QB), Benjamin Dibblee (HB), Warren (HB), Reid (FB)
• 1899: Dave Campbell (End), Donald (T), Charles Dudley Daly (QB), Sarwin (HB)
• 1900: John Hallowell (End), Dave Campbell (End), Charles Dudley Daly (QB), Sarwin (HB)
• 1901: Edward Bowditch (End), Dave Campbell (End), Oliver Cutts (T), Crawford Blagden (T), William Lee (G), Charles A. Barnard (G), Sargeant (C), Robert Kernan (HB), Thomas Graydon (FB)
• 1902: Edward Bowditch (End), Thomas Graydon (FB)
• 1903: Edward Bowditch (End), Daniel Knowlton (T), Andrew Marshall (G), Henry Schoellkopf (FB)
• 1904: Daniel Hurley (HB)
• 1905: Karl Brill (T), Beaton Squires (T), Francis Burr (G), Daniel Hurley (HB)
• 1906: Charles Osborne (T), Francis Burr (G), Harry Kersberg (G), Bartol Parker (C), Jack Wendell (FB)
• 1907: Patrick Grant (C), Jack Wendell (HB)
• 1908: Gilbert Goodwin Browne (End), Hamilton Fish III (T), Robert McKay (T), Sam Hoar (G), Hamilton Corbett (HB), Charles Nourse (C), Johnny Cutler (QB), Ernest Ver Wiebe (HB),
• 1909: Hamilton Corbett (HB), Hamilton Fish III (T), Wayland Minot (HB)
• 1910: Hamilton Corbett (HB), L.D. Smith (End), Lewis (End), Robert McKay (T), Ted Withington (T), Bob Fisher (G), Wayland Minot (G), Percy Wendell (HB)
• 1911: Smith (End), Bob Fisher (G), Percy Wendell (HB)
• 1912: Sam Felton (End), Bob Storer (T), Stan Pennock (G), Gardner (QB), Charles Brickley (HB), Percy Wendell (FB), Huntington "Tack" Hardwick (FB)
• 1913: O'Brien (End), Harvey Rexford Hitchcock, Jr. (T), Robert Treat Paine Storer (T), Stan Pennock (G), Eddie Mahan (HB), Charles Brickley (FB)
• 1914: Huntington Hardwick (End), Walter Trumbull (T), Stan Pennock (G), Eddie Mahan (HB), Frederick Bradlee (HB)
• 1915: Joseph Gilman (T), Richard King (HB), Eddie Mahan (FB)
• 1916: Richard Harte (End), Harrie Dadmun (G), Eddie Casey (HB)
• 1919: Bob Sedgwick (G), Eddie Casey (HB)
• 1920: Bob Sedgwick (T), Tom Woods (G), James Tolbert (G), Arnold Horween (FB)
• 1921: C.C. Macomber (End), John Brown (G), George Owen (HB)
• 1922: Charles Hubbard (G), Charles Buell (QB), George Owen (HB)
• 1923: Charles Hubbard (G)
• 1929: Ben Ticknor (C)
• 1930: Ben Ticknor (C)
• 1931: Irad Hardy (T), Barry Wood (QB)
• 1932: Irad Hardy (T)
• 1975 (Division I-AA) – Dan Jiggetts (OT){{cite web|last=Knobler |first=Mike |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1982/12/1/harvards-corbat-named-to-all-america-team/ |title=Harvard's Corbat Named To All-America Team | Sports | The Harvard Crimson |publisher=Thecrimson.com |date=December 1, 1982 |access-date=October 22, 2012}}
• 1982 (Division I-AA) – Michael Corbat (OG){{cite web |url=http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Football_All-Americans_Media_Center |title=Harvard : Media Center: Harvard Crimson Football All-American Selections |publisher=Gocrimson.com |access-date=October 22, 2012 |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308180726/http://gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Football_All-Americans_Media_Center |url-status=dead }}
• 2016 Ben Braunecker (TE)*[http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/2015-16/bios/braunecker_ben_31xk Harvard Crimson bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828085019/http://gocrimson.com/sports/fball/2015-16/bios/braunecker_ben_31xk |date=August 28, 2016 }}

File:Tommy Lee Jones 2017.jpg was an All-Ivy League guard for the Crimson.]]

Below are Crimson football players who became notable for reasons other than football. Included is notability, position at Harvard, and any accomplishments while playing.

• Tommy Lee Jones, actor, guard (1965–1968), 1st team All-Ivy League 1968
• Christopher Nowinski, former professional wrestler with WWE and current activist on concussions in sports; linebacker and defensive end (1996–1999); 2nd-team All-Ivy League 1999
• Michael O'Hare, actor, defensive tackle (1971–1974){{Cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/chicago-south-end-reporter-aug-16-1972-p-11/|title=Chicago South End Reporter Archives, Aug 16, 1972, p. 11|date=1972-08-16|website=NewspaperArchive.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-31}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Football_Letterwinners_Media_Center|title=Media Center: Harvard Crimson Football All-Time Letterwinners|website=Harvard|language=en|access-date=2020-01-27|archive-date=October 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023143002/https://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/history/Football_Letterwinners_Media_Center|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/1973-74/Bios/Michael_O-Hare|title=Harvard|website=Harvard|language=en|access-date=2020-01-27|archive-date=January 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200127055150/https://www.gocrimson.com/sports/fball/1973-74/Bios/Michael_O-Hare|url-status=dead}}

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