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1916 Harvard

7–⁠3, coached by Percy Haughton.

Harvard–Brown football game of 1916
Harvard–Brown football game of 1916Photo: Brown University Library Collection, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Harvard in 1916, game by game: won vs. Colby 10–0; won vs. Bates 26–0; lost vs. Tufts 3–7; won vs. North Carolina 21–0; won vs. Massachusetts 47–0; won vs. Cornell 23–0; won vs. Virginia 51–0; won vs. Princeton 3–0; lost vs. Brown 0–21; lost at Yale 3–6+51−21Won 10–0 vs. Colby+10ColbyWon 26–0 vs. Bates+26BatesLost 3–7 vs. Tufts-4TuftsWon 21–0 vs. North Carolina+21North CarolinaWon 47–0 vs. Massachusetts+47MassachusettsWon 23–0 vs. Cornell+23CornellWon 51–0 vs. Virginia+51VirginiaWon 3–0 vs. Princeton+3PrincetonLost 0–21 vs. Brown-21BrownLost 3–6 at Yale-3Yale
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 23vsColbyW 10–⁠094%
Sep 30vsBatesW 26–⁠095%
Oct 7vsTuftsL 3–⁠795%
Oct 14vsNorth CarolinaW 21–⁠067%
Oct 21vsMassachusettsW 47–⁠097%
Oct 28vsCornellW 23–⁠053%
Nov 4vsVirginiaW 51–⁠068%
Nov 11vsPrincetonW 3–⁠062%
Nov 18vsBrownL 0–⁠2172%
Nov 25atYaleL 3–⁠644%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Yale 6–⁠3.

In program history: The 34th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1916.

Consensus All-AmericanHarrie Dadmun, OG

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
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AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
187–⁠34
Coach
Percy Haughton
Elo
1625 −10 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
21.1 No. 15 of 90 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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