1947 Harvard Crimson football team

1947 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Seasons
← 1946
1948 →
1947 Ivy Group football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Penn 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 0 – 1
Princeton 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Yale 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
No. 20 Columbia 2 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Harvard 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Brown 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Dartmouth 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Cornell 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1947 college football season. In its 11th season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 4–5 record and was outscored by a total of 177 to 139.[1]

On October 11, 1947, at Charlottesville, Virginia, Harvard's Chester Middlebrook Pierce became the first African-American player to appear in a football game at a predominantly white university located south of the Potomac.[2][3]

Harvard was ranked at No. 93 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Western Maryland
W 52–017,000[5]
October 4Boston University
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 19–1430,000[6]
October 11at Virginia
L 0–4724,000[2]
October 18Holy Cross
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 7–028,000[7]
October 25Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 13–1435,000[8]
November 1Rutgers
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 7–3115,000[9]
November 8Princeton
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 7–3325,000[10]
November 15Brown
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 13–725,000[11]
November 22at Yale
L 21–3170,896[12]

References

  1. ^ "1947 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Vern Miller (October 12, 1947). "Talent-Loaded Virginia Eleven Thrashes Harvard, 47-0". The Boston Globe. pp. 27, 30 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Harvard's Chester Pierce was trailblazer in his field and on the field". Andscape. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  4. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 18, 1947). "Michigan National Champion in Final Litkenhous Ratings". Times. p. 47 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Vern Miller (September 28, 1947). "Harvard Reveals Depth, Power Belting Western Maryland 52-0". The Boston Globe. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Jerry Nason (October 5, 1947). "Harvard Field Goal, Safety Subdue Stubborn B.U., 19-14". The Boston Globe. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Jerry Nason (October 19, 1947). "Lone Foray Into Hoya Territory Wins for Harvard, 7-0". The Boston Globe. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Jerry Nason (October 26, 1947). "Dartmouth Trips Harvard, 14-13". The Boston Globe. pp. 27, 32 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Dartmouth Nips Harvard by 14-13 Score". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. October 26, 1947. p. 34.
  9. ^ Vern Miller (November 2, 1947). "Harvard Collapses, Superior Rutgers Rolls to 31-7 Triumph". The Boston Globe. pp. 29, 31 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Melville Webb (November 9, 1947). "Princeton Claws Harvard, 33-7; Line Rips Crimson Wide Open". The Boston Globe. pp. 29–30 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Melville Webb (November 16, 1947). "Harvard Nips Brown in Fiery Finish, 13-7". The Boston Globe. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Vern Miller (November 23, 1947). "Yale Power Quells Fiery Crimson, 31-21". The Boston Globe. pp. 27, 30 – via Newspapers.com.


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