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1953 Harvard Crimson football team

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1953 Ivy League football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Cornell	3	–	0	–	2	4	–	3	–	2
Harvard	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Yale	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	2
Princeton	3	–	3	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Columbia	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth	2	–	3	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Brown	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Penn	0	–	0	–	1	3	–	5	–	1

The Ivy League in 1953 completed on a league basis in baseball, basketball, hockey, tennis and swimming. In football, there was an agreement among the schools to establish conditions to assure sportsmanship and amateurism. Moreover, newspapers regularly printed football standings for the Ivy League schools.

The1953 Harvard Crimson football team was anAmerican football team that representedHarvard University during the1953 college football season. In their fourth year under head coachLloyd Jordan, the Crimson compiled a 6–2 record and outscored opponents 146 to 78. Richard J. Clasby was the team captain.^[1]

Harvard was part of the informalIvy League in 1953. Harvard had the second best record in games against Ivy opponents (3–2).

Harvard played its home games atHarvard Stadium in theAllston neighborhood ofBoston, Massachusetts.

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	Ohio	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 16–0	14,500	^[2]
October 10	Colgate	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 28–26	12,000	^[3]
October 17	atColumbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 0–6	20,000	^[4]
October 24	Dartmouth	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 20–14	24,000	^[5]
October 31	Davidson	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 42–6	8,500	^[6]
November 7	Princeton	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 0–6	24,000	^[7]
November 14	Brown	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 27–20	20,500	^[8]
November 21	atYale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)	W 13–0	65,000	^[9]

^"Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results"(PDF). Cambridge, Mass.:Harvard University. RetrievedJune 20, 2020.
^Nason, Jerry (October 4, 1953)."Clasby Sparks Harvard to Victory".The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 57 – viaNewspapers.com.
^Werden, Lincoln A. (October 11, 1953). "Harvard Thwarts Colgate, 28 to 26".The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^Nichols, Joseph C. (October 18, 1953). "Columbia Beats Harvard, 6-0; Lion Pass Decides".The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^Strauss, Michael (October 25, 1953). "Harvard Turns Back Dartmouth, 20 to 14".The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^Nason, Jerry (November 1, 1953)."Lowenstein of Harvard Devastates Davidson with Passes, 42 to 6".The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 43 – viaNewspapers.com.
^Sheehan, Joseph M. (November 8, 1953). "Princeton Tops Harvard; Tiger Pass Wins, 6-0".The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^Blunk, Frank M. (November 15, 1953). "Crimson is Victor over Brown, 27-20".The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^Danzig, Allison (November 22, 1953). "Harvard Trips Yale, 13-0; Big 3 Deadlocked".The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.

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