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1950 Harvard

1–⁠7, coached by Lloyd Jordan.

Schedule and results

Harvard in 1950, game by game: lost vs. Columbia 7–28; lost vs. No. 17 Cornell 7–28; lost vs. No. 1 Army 0–49; lost vs. Dartmouth 7–27; lost vs. Holy Cross 7–26; lost at No. 8 Princeton 26–63; won vs. Brown 14–13; lost vs. Yale 6–14+7−49Lost 7–28 vs. Columbia-21ColumbiaLost 7–28 vs. No. 17 Cornell-21No. 17 CornellLost 0–49 vs. No. 1 Army-49No. 1 ArmyLost 7–27 vs. Dartmouth-20DartmouthLost 7–26 vs. Holy Cross-19Holy CrossLost 26–63 at No. 8 Princeton-37No. 8 PrincetonWon 14–13 vs. Brown+1BrownLost 6–14 vs. Yale-8Yale
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 7vsColumbiaL 7–⁠2853%
Oct 14vs17CornellL 7–⁠2822%
Oct 21vs1ArmyL 0–⁠4913%
Oct 28vsDartmouthL 7–⁠2734%
Nov 4vsHoly CrossL 7–⁠2650%
Nov 11at8PrincetonL 26–⁠638%
Nov 18vsBrownW 14–⁠1338%
Nov 25vsYaleL 6–⁠1432%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Yale 14–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll.

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

Record
1–⁠7
Conference
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AP final
Unranked
Points
74–⁠248
Coach
Lloyd Jordan
Elo
1275 −113 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
−18.4 No. 110 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Philip L. Isenberg