1946 Harvard Crimson football team

1946 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIvy League
Record7–2 (3–1 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainCleo A. O'Donnell
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Ivy Group football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Yale 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Harvard 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
No. 13 Penn 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Cornell 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Columbia 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Princeton 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Brown 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Dartmouth 1 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University in the Ivy League during the 1946 college football season. In its 10th season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 7–2 record and outscored their opponents 214 to 65.[1]

Despite the end of World War II and return of its longtime coach from military service in 1945, Harvard continued to designate its football program "informal" that year. The 1946 season thus represented the return of "major" college football to Harvard for the first time since fall 1942.[2]

Harvard was ranked at No. 46 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[3]

Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Connecticut*
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 7–014,000[4]
October 5Tufts*
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 49–016,000[5]
October 12at Princeton
W 13–1235,000[6]
October 19Coast Guard*
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 69–015,000[7]
October 26Holy Cross*No. 20
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 13–640,000[8]
November 2Rutgers*No. 17
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 0–1312,000[9]
November 9at Dartmouth
W 21–716,000[10]
November 16Brown
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 28–020,000[11]
November 23No. 15 Yale
L 14–2757,300[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Rankings

See also: 1946 NCAA football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP——2017 (1)—————

References

  1. ^ "1946 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  2. ^ Danzig, Allison (September 26, 1945). "Harvard Material Lacks Experience". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 18.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 15, 1946). "Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Miller, Vern (September 29, 1946). "Cleo O'Donnell Jr. Snares Pass to Give Harvard 7-0 Win; U-Conn Huskies Bow as Crimson Leader Scores with 4 Minutes Left". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 33 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Webb, Melville (October 6, 1946). "Harvard Crushes Tufts Eleven, 49-0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ O'Gara, Frank (October 13, 1946). "Harvard Wins, 13-12". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Webb, Melville (October 20, 1946). "Harvard Gridmen Sink Coast Guard, 69 to 0". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ King, Bill (October 27, 1946). "Undefeated Harvard Beats Holy Cross Eleven, 13 to 6". The Post-Standard. Syracuse, N.Y. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Noonan, Tom (November 3, 1946). "Rutgers Trips Harvard, 13-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 10, 1946). "Harvard Subdues Dartmouth, 21 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  11. ^ Blair, William M. (November 17, 1946). "Harvard Scores Twice Through Air in Crushing Brown Before 20,000 Fans". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S2.
  12. ^ Young, Dick (November 24, 1946). "Yale Blasts Harvard, 27-14, for Big 3 Title". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 96 – via Newspapers.com.


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