1975 Harvard

7–⁠2 (6–⁠1 Ivy League), coached by Joseph Restic.

Schedule and results

Harvard in 1975, game by game: won vs. Holy Cross 18–7; lost vs. Boston University 9–13; won vs. Columbia 35–30; won at Cornell 34–13; won vs. Dartmouth 24–10; won at Pennsylvania 21–3; lost vs. Princeton 20–24; won at Brown 45–26; won at Yale 10–7+21−4Won 18–7 vs. Holy Cross+11Holy CrossLost 9–13 vs. Boston University-4Boston Universi…Won 35–30 vs. Columbia+5ColumbiaWon 34–13 at Cornell+21CornellWon 24–10 vs. Dartmouth+14DartmouthWon 21–3 at Pennsylvania+18PennsylvaniaLost 20–24 vs. Princeton-4PrincetonWon 45–26 at Brown+19BrownWon 10–7 at Yale+3Yale
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Yale 10–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; Ivy League champions.

In program history: The 31st-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 1975.

Ivy League champions6–⁠1 in the conference

Led the nationJim Kubacki: passer rating (147.6)

Record
7–⁠2
Conference
6–⁠1 first in Ivy League
AP final
Unranked
Points
216–⁠133
Coach
Joseph Restic
Elo
1632 +63 this season
SP+ rating
11.3 No. 39 of 132; offense No. 36, defense No. 45
SRS
−4.1 No. 87 of 137 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Dan Jiggetts

Drafted in 1976

The 1976 draft
Rd 6Dan Jiggetts OTChicago Bears

1975 Ivy League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Harvard6–⁠17–⁠2
Brown5–⁠1–⁠16–⁠2–⁠1
Yale5–⁠27–⁠2
Dartmouth4–⁠2–⁠15–⁠3–⁠1
Princeton3–⁠44–⁠5
Pennsylvania2–⁠53–⁠6
Columbia2–⁠52–⁠7
Cornell0–⁠71–⁠8

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