1964 Harvard

6–⁠3 (5–⁠2 Ivy League), coached by John Yovicsin.

Schedule and results

Harvard in 1964, game by game: won vs. Massachusetts 20–14; lost vs. Bucknell 21–24; won at Columbia 3–0; won vs. Cornell 16–0; lost vs. Dartmouth 0–48; won vs. Pennsylvania 34–0; lost at Princeton 0–16; won vs. Brown 19–7; won vs. Yale 18–14+34−48Won 20–14 vs. Massachusetts+6MassachusettsLost 21–24 vs. Bucknell-3BucknellWon 3–0 at Columbia+3ColumbiaWon 16–0 vs. Cornell+16CornellLost 0–48 vs. Dartmouth-48DartmouthWon 34–0 vs. Pennsylvania+34PennsylvaniaLost 0–16 at Princeton-16PrincetonWon 19–7 vs. Brown+12BrownWon 18–14 vs. Yale+4Yale
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 26vsMassachusettsW 20–⁠1483%
Oct 3vsBucknellL 21–⁠2492%
Oct 10atColumbiaW 3–⁠047%
Oct 17vsCornellW 16–⁠067%
Oct 24vsDartmouthL 0–⁠4853%
Oct 31vsPennsylvaniaW 34–⁠081%
Nov 7atPrincetonL 0–⁠1625%
Nov 14vsBrownW 19–⁠771%
Nov 21vsYaleW 18–⁠1453%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Yale 18–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Ivy League.

In program history: The tied 56th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
6–⁠3
Conference
5–⁠2 2nd in Ivy League
AP final
Unranked
Points
131–⁠123
Coach
John Yovicsin
Elo
1532 −7 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−8.4 No. 94 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
James S. Lentz
Captain
John F. O’Brien

1964 Ivy League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Princeton7–⁠09–⁠0
Harvard5–⁠26–⁠3
Yale4–⁠2–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Dartmouth4–⁠36–⁠3
Brown3–⁠45–⁠4
Cornell3–⁠43–⁠5–⁠1
Columbia1–⁠5–⁠12–⁠6–⁠1
Pennsylvania0–⁠71–⁠8

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.