The Crimson defeated Cornell, 35-22
The 2019 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University during the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League . They were led by 26th-year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium . They finished the season 4–6 overall and 2–5 in Ivy League play to tie for sixth place. Harvard averaged 10,812 fans per game.
Preseason
Preseason media poll
The Ivy League released their preseason media poll on August 8, 2019. The Crimson were picked to finish in fourth place.
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Yale
119 (9)
2
Dartmouth
111 (2)
3
Princeton
107 (4)
4
Harvard
93 (1)
5
Penn
67
6
Columbia
61 (1)
7
Cornell
29
8
Brown
24
Schedule
Date
Time
Opponent
Site
TV
Result
Attendance
September 21
4:00 pm
at San Diego *
WCC Network
L 23–31
2,607
September 27
7:00 p.m.
Brown
ESPNews
W 42–7
10,088
October 5
1:00 p.m.
Howard *
Harvard Stadium
Boston, MA
ESPN+
W 62–17
8,234
October 12
1:00 p.m.
Cornell
Harvard Stadium
Boston, MA
ESPN+
W 35–22
7,513
October 19
1:00 p.m.
at Holy Cross *
PLN
W 31–21
10,381
October 26
1:00 p.m.
at No. 13 Princeton
ESPN+
L 24–30
9,078
November 2
1:00 p.m.
No. 15 Dartmouth
Harvard Stadium
Boston, MA (rivalry )
ESPN+
L 6–9
20,112
November 9
1:00 p.m.
at Columbia
ESPN+/SNY
L 10–17 OT
4,739
November 16
Noon
Penn
Harvard Stadium
Boston, MA (rivalry )
ESPN+/NESN
L 20–24
8,113
November 23
Noon
at No. 24 Yale
ESPNU
L 43–50 2OT
44,989
Game summaries
At San Diego
1
2
3
4
Total
Crimson
0
0
7
16
23
Toreros
10
14
7
0
31
Brown
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
7
0
0
0
7
Crimson
7
14
7
14
42
Howard
1
2
3
4
Total
Bison
3
0
7
7
17
Crimson
7
34
14
7
62
Cornell
1
2
3
4
Total
Big Red
7
3
0
12
22
Crimson
7
21
0
7
35
At Holy Cross
1
2
3
4
Total
Crimson
17
7
7
0
31
Crusaders
7
0
7
7
21
At Princeton
1
2
3
4
Total
Crimson
0
14
0
10
24
No. 13 Tigers
10
0
13
7
30
Dartmouth
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 15 Big Green
0
3
0
6
9
Crimson
3
0
0
3
6
At Columbia
1
2
3
4
OT
Total
Crimson
7
0
0
3
0
10
Lions
0
7
0
3
7
17
Penn
1
2
3
4
Total
Quakers
7
3
7
7
24
Crimson
7
6
7
0
20
At Yale
1
2
3
4
OT
2OT
Total
Crimson
3
12
14
7
7
0
43
No. 24 Bulldogs
3
0
16
17
7
7
50