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1941 Harvard

5–⁠2–⁠1, coached by Dick Harlow.

Schedule and results

Harvard in 1941, game by game: lost at Pennsylvania 0–19; lost vs. Cornell 0–7; won vs. Dartmouth 7–0; tied vs. No. 5 Navy 0–0; won at Princeton 6–4; won vs. No. 11 Army 20–6; won vs. Brown 23–7; won vs. Yale 14–0+16−19Lost 0–19 at Pennsylvania-19PennsylvaniaLost 0–7 vs. Cornell-7CornellWon 7–0 vs. Dartmouth+7DartmouthTied 0–0 vs. No. 5 Navy0No. 5 NavyWon 6–4 at Princeton+2PrincetonWon 20–6 vs. No. 11 Army+14No. 11 ArmyWon 23–7 vs. Brown+16BrownWon 14–0 vs. Yale+14Yale
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 4atPennsylvaniaL 0–⁠1935%
Oct 11vsCornellL 0–⁠736%
Oct 18vsDartmouthW 7–⁠047%
Oct 25vs5NavyT 0–⁠040%
Nov 1atPrincetonW 6–⁠450%
Nov 8vs11ArmyW 20–⁠658%
Nov 15vsBrownW 23–⁠765%
Nov 22vsYaleW 14–⁠084%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Yale 14–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 47th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 17
  2. Wk 7: 19

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 1941.

Consensus All-AmericanEndicott Peabody, OG

Record
5–⁠2–⁠1
Conference
4–⁠2 3rd in the Ivy League (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
70–⁠43
Coach
Dick Harlow
Elo
1557 +49 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
5.0 No. 48 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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