1886 Harvard Crimson football team

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Conference Independent Head coach Frank A. Mason		1886 record 12–2

The 1886 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1886 college football season. The team finished with a 12–2 record and outscored opponents 765 to 41 under first-year head coach Frank A. Mason. On November 3, 1886, in a game played at Exeter, New Hampshire, the Crimson defeated the team from Phillips Exeter Academy by a score of 158-0. The team's sole losses were against Princeton and Yale.

Schedule

10/6 at Tufts W, 82-0

10/9 at MIT W, 54-0

10/13 Tufts W, 46-0

10/16 Stevens W, 44-0

10/20 MIT W, 59-0

10/23 at Andover W, 86-0

10/30 Dartmouth W, 70-0

11/3 at Exeter W, 158-0

11/6 Wesleyan W, 34-0

11/8 Graduates W, 38-0

11/13 at Princeton L, 0-12

11/17 at MIT W, 62-0

11/20 Yale L, 4-29

11/25 at Penn W, 28-0

References

1886 Harvard Crimson football team Wikipedia

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