1979 Harvard
3–6 (3–4 Ivy League), coached by Joseph Restic. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Columbia 26–7Sep 22
By 19 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22 | at Columbia | W 26–7 | 57% |
| Sep 29 | vs Massachusetts | L 7–20 | 78% |
| Oct 6 | vsBoston University | L 10–14 | 83% |
| Oct 13 | at Cornell | L 14–41 | 38% |
| Oct 20 | vs Dartmouth | L 7–10 | 50% |
| Oct 27 | vs Princeton | L 7–9 | 55% |
| Nov 3 | at Brown | L 14–23 | 21% |
| Nov 10 | vs Pennsylvania | W 41–26 | 71% |
| Nov 17 | at Yale | W 22–7 | 13% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Yale 22–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Ivy League.
In program history: The 106th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).
- Record
- 3–6
- Conference
- 3–4 6th in Ivy League
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 148–157
- Coach
- Joseph Restic
- Elo
- 1438 −39 this season
- SP+ rating
- -0.9 No. 76 of 135; offense No. 88, defense No. 60
- SRS
- −20.9 No. 135 of 140 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Michael G. Brown
1979 Ivy League standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yale | 6–1 | 8–1 | |
| Brown | 5–2 | 6–3 | |
| Princeton | 5–2 | 5–4 | |
| Cornell | 4–3 | 5–4 | |
| Dartmouth | 4–3 | 4–4–1 | |
 Harvard | 3–4 | 3–6 | |
| Columbia | 1–6 | 1–8 | |
| Pennsylvania | 0–7 | 0–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.