1976 Harvard
6–3 (4–3 Ivy League), coached by Joseph Restic. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Columbia 34–10Sep 18
By 24 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18 | vs Columbia | W 34–10 | 83% |
| Sep 25 | vs Massachusetts | W 24–13 | 84% |
| Oct 2 | vsBoston University | W 37–14 | 91% |
| Oct 9 | vs Cornell | L 3–9 | 88% |
| Oct 16 | at Dartmouth | W 17–10 | 47% |
| Oct 23 | at Princeton | W 20–14 | 66% |
| Oct 30 | vs Brown | L 14–16 | 62% |
| Nov 6 | at Pennsylvania | W 20–8 | 70% |
| Nov 13 | vs Yale | L 7–21 | 55% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Yale 21–7; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Ivy League.
In program history: The 40th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).
- Record
- 6–3
- Conference
- 4–3 tied for 3rd in Ivy League
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 176–115
- Coach
- Joseph Restic
- Elo
- 1574 −15 this season
- SP+ rating
- 6.1 No. 55 of 132; offense No. 102, defense No. 18
- SRS
- −3.3 No. 80 of 137 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
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- Captain
- William D. Emper
1976 Ivy League standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | 6–1 | 8–1 | |
| Yale | 6–1 | 8–1 | |
 Harvard | 4–3 | 6–3 | |
| Dartmouth | 4–3 | 6–3 | |
| Pennsylvania | 2–5 | 3–6 | |
| Columbia | 2–5 | 3–6 | |
| Cornell | 2–5 | 2–7 | |
| Princeton | 2–5 | 2–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.