1972 Harvard
4–4–1 (3–3–1 Ivy League), coached by Joseph Restic. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Boston University 33–14Oct 7
By 19 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 | vs Massachusetts | L 19–28 | 82% |
| Oct 7 | vsBoston University | W 33–14 | 88% |
| Oct 14 | at Columbia | W 20–18 | 39% |
| Oct 21 | vs Cornell | W 33–15 | 41% |
| Oct 28 | vs Dartmouth | T 21–21 | 38% |
| Nov 4 | vs Pennsylvania | L 27–38 | 74% |
| Nov 11 | at Princeton | L 7–10 | 47% |
| Nov 18 | vs Brown | W 21–14 | 83% |
| Nov 25 | vs Yale | L 17–28 | 46% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Yale 28–17; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Ivy League.
In program history: The 99th-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 1972.
- Record
- 4–4–1
- Conference
- 3–3–1 5th in Ivy League
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 198–186
- Coach
- Joseph Restic
- Elo
- 1459 −55 this season
- SP+ rating
- 3.2 No. 57 of 121; offense No. 56, defense No. 57
- SRS
- −5.5 No. 81 of 127 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Theodore DeMars
1972 Ivy League standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dartmouth | 5–1–1 | 7–1–1 | |
| Yale | 5–2 | 7–2 | |
| Pennsylvania | 4–3 | 6–3 | |
| Cornell | 4–3 | 6–3 | |
 Harvard | 3–3–1 | 4–4–1 | |
| Princeton | 2–4–1 | 3–5–1 | |
| Columbia | 2–4–1 | 3–5–1 | |
| Brown | 1–6 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.