1980 Harvard
7–3 (4–3 Ivy League), coached by Joseph Restic. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Columbia 26–6Sep 20
By 20 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 | vs Columbia | W 26–6 | 74% |
| Sep 27 | vs Holy Cross | W 14–13 | 67% |
| Oct 4 | at Army | W 15–10 | 54% |
| Oct 11 | vs Cornell | W 20–12 | 65% |
| Oct 18 | at Dartmouth | L 12–30 | 55% |
| Oct 25 | at Princeton | L 3–7 | 47% |
| Nov 1 | vs Brown | W 17–16 | 49% |
| Nov 8 | vs William & Mary | W 24–13 | 73% |
| Nov 15 | at Pennsylvania | W 28–17 | 75% |
| Nov 22 | vs Yale | L 0–14 | 48% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Yale 14–0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Ivy League.
In program history: The 94th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).
- Record
- 7–3
- Conference
- 4–3 tied for 3rd in Ivy League
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 159–138
- Coach
- Joseph Restic
- Elo
- 1466 +7 this season
- SP+ rating
- -7.4 No. 103 of 133; offense No. 126, defense No. 42
- SRS
- −14.6 No. 123 of 138 in Division I-A
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Charles F. Durst
1980 Ivy League standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yale | 6–1 | 8–2 | |
| Cornell | 5–2 | 5–5 | |
 Harvard | 4–3 | 7–3 | |
| Brown | 4–3 | 6–4 | |
| Princeton | 4–3 | 6–4 | |
| Dartmouth | 4–3 | 4–6 | |
| Pennsylvania | 1–6 | 1–9 | |
| Columbia | 0–7 | 1–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.