1971 Harvard

5–⁠4 (4–⁠3 Ivy League), coached by Joseph Restic.

Schedule and results

Harvard in 1971, game by game: lost vs. Holy Cross 16–21; won vs. Northeastern 17–7; won vs. Columbia 21–19; lost at Cornell 16–21; lost vs. Dartmouth 13–16; won at Pennsylvania 28–27; lost vs. Princeton 10–21; won at Brown 24–19; won at Yale 35–16+19−11Lost 16–21 vs. Holy Cross-5Holy CrossWon 17–7 vs. Northeastern+10NortheasternWon 21–19 vs. Columbia+2ColumbiaLost 16–21 at Cornell-5CornellLost 13–16 vs. Dartmouth-3DartmouthWon 28–27 at Pennsylvania+1PennsylvaniaLost 10–21 vs. Princeton-11PrincetonWon 24–19 at Brown+5BrownWon 35–16 at Yale+19Yale
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Yale 35–⁠16; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Ivy League.

In program history: The 66th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Record
5–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠3 4th in Ivy League
AP final
Unranked
Points
180–⁠167
Coach
Joseph Restic
Elo
1521 −16 this season
SP+ rating
0.8 No. 63 of 120; offense No. 65, defense No. 66
SRS
−19.0 No. 117 of 128 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
David A. Ignacio

1971 Ivy League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Cornell6–⁠18–⁠1
Dartmouth6–⁠18–⁠1
Columbia5–⁠26–⁠3
Harvard4–⁠35–⁠4
Yale3–⁠44–⁠5
Princeton3–⁠44–⁠5
Pennsylvania1–⁠62–⁠7
Brown0–⁠70–⁠9

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