2006 Harvard

7–⁠2 (4–⁠2 Ivy League). The season’s Wikipedia article records 7–⁠3, over 10 games to the nine on file here.

Schedule and results

Harvard in 2006, game by game: won vs. Holy Cross 31–14; won at Brown 38–21; won at Lehigh 35–33; won vs. Cornell 33–23; won vs. Lafayette 24–7; won at Dartmouth 28–0; won vs. Columbia 24–7; lost at Pennsylvania 13–22; lost vs. Yale 13–34+28−21Won 31–14 vs. Holy Cross+17Holy CrossWon 38–21 at Brown+17BrownWon 35–33 at Lehigh+2LehighWon 33–23 vs. Cornell+10CornellWon 24–7 vs. Lafayette+17LafayetteWon 28–0 at Dartmouth+28DartmouthWon 24–7 vs. Columbia+17ColumbiaLost 13–22 at Pennsylvania-9PennsylvaniaLost 13–34 vs. Yale-21Yale
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16vsHoly CrossW 31–⁠1475%
Sep 23atBrownW 38–⁠2141%
Sep 30atLehighW 35–⁠3350%
Oct 7vsCornellW 33–⁠2381%
Oct 14vsLafayetteW 24–⁠775%
Oct 28atDartmouthW 28–⁠085%
Nov 4vsColumbiaW 24–⁠789%
Nov 11atPennsylvaniaL 13–⁠2264%
Nov 18vsYaleL 13–⁠3471%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Yale 34–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Ivy League.

In program history: The 110th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list one game of Harvard’s 2006 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Oct 21atPrincetonL 28–⁠31Princeton’s article, Harvard’s article
Record
7–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠2 3rd in Ivy League
AP final
Unranked
Points
239–⁠161
Coach
—
Elo
1430 +17 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−20.3 No. 31 of 120 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Joel Lamb
Defensive coordinator
Kevin Doherty
Offense
Spread
Defense
3–⁠4

2006 Ivy League standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Princeton5–⁠18–⁠1
Yale5–⁠17–⁠2
Harvard4–⁠27–⁠2
Pennsylvania3–⁠35–⁠4
Cornell3–⁠35–⁠4
Columbia2–⁠45–⁠4
Brown1–⁠52–⁠8
Dartmouth1–⁠51–⁠8

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