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1968 Harvard Crimson football team

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1968Harvard Crimson football
Ivy League co-champion
Conference	Ivy League
Record	8–0–1 (6–0–1 Ivy)
Head coach	John Yovicsin (12th season)
Captain	Victor E. Gatto Jr.
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium
Seasons ← 1967 1969 →

1968 Ivy League football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Harvard +	6	–	0	–	1	8	–	0	–	1
Yale +	6	–	0	–	1	8	–	0	–	1
Penn	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Princeton	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Dartmouth	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Columbia	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
Cornell	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Brown	0	–	7	–	0	2	–	7	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions

The1968 Harvard Crimson football team was anAmerican football team that representedHarvard University during the1968 NCAA University Division football season. Harvard was co-champion of theIvy League.

In their 12th year under head coachJohn Yovicsin, the Crimson compiled an 8–0–1 record and outscored opponents 236 to 90.Vic Gatto was the team captain.^[1]

Both Harvard andYale were unbeaten entering their season-endingrivalry matchup. Their29–29 tie resulted in identical 6–0–1 conference records, and in both teams being named co-champions of the league. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 150 to 70.^[2] The final game inspired the famous headline "Harvard Beats Yale 29-29" printed inThe Harvard Crimson, and a 2008documentary film of the same name.

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

ActorTommy Lee Jones was a starting guard on the team.

Schedule

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Holy Cross*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 27–20	23,000	^[3]
October 5	Bucknell*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 59–0	12,000	^[4]
October 12	atColumbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 21–14	17,182	^[5]
October 19	Cornell	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 10–0	15,000	^[6]
October 26	Dartmouth	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 22–7	39,000	^[7]
November 2	Penn	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 28–6	25,000	^[8]
November 9	atPrinceton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 9–7	36,000	^[9]
November 16	Brown	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 31–7	16,000	^[10]
November 23	Yale	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	T29–29	40,280	^[11]
*Non-conference game

Awards

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All-Ivy League 1st team

Tom Jones – Guard
Vic Gatto – Running back
Pete Hall – Defensive end
John Emery – Linebacker
Pat Conway – Defensive back
Gary Singletary – Punter

References

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^"Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results"(PDF). Cambridge, Mass.:Harvard University. RetrievedJune 20, 2020.
^"Year-by-Year History".Ivy League Football Media Guide(PDF). Princeton, N.J.:Ivy League. 2017. p. 23. RetrievedJuly 10, 2020.
^Keese, Parton (September 29, 1968). "Crimson Tops Holy Cross".The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^Montville, Leigh (October 6, 1968)."Harvard Runs Roughshod over Bucknell, 59-0".Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 59 – viaNewspapers.com.
^Wallace, William N. (October 13, 1968). "Harvard Topples Columbia, 21 to 14".The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^McGowen, Deane (October 20, 1968). "Harvard Downs Cornell by 10-0".The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^Werden, Lincoln A. (October 27, 1968). "Harvard Stays Undefeated; Dartmouth Routed, 22-7".The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^Keese, Parton (November 3, 1968). "Harvard Remains Undefeated, 28-6".The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^Anderson, Dave (November 10, 1968). "Princeton Loses, 9-7".The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^Strauss, Michael (November 17, 1968). "Harvard Scores over Brown, 31-7".The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
^Cady, Steve (November 24, 1968). "Harvard Ties Yale, 29-29, on Last Play of the Game; Crimson Tallies Twice in 42 Seconds".The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.

v t e Harvard Crimson football
Venues	Boston Baseball Grounds (1877–1881) Holmes Field (1881–1882, 1888) Jarvis Field (1883–1893) Soldier's Field (1894–1903) Harvard Stadium (1903–present)
Bowls and rivalries	1920 Rose Bowl Dartmouth Penn Princeton Yale
Culture and lore	"Ten Thousand Men of Harvard" 1874 McGill game 1921 Centre game 1968 Yale game (Harvard Beats Yale 29–29) 2004 Harvard–Yale prank
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Ivy League football champions
I-A/FBS	Yale (1956) Princeton (1957) Dartmouth (1958) Penn (1959) Yale (1960) Columbia &Harvard (1961) Dartmouth (1962) Dartmouth &Princeton (1963) Princeton (1964) Dartmouth (1965) Dartmouth,Harvard, &Princeton (1966) Yale (1967) Harvard &Yale (1968) Dartmouth,Yale, &Princeton (1969) Dartmouth (1970) Dartmouth &Cornell (1971) Dartmouth (1972) Dartmouth (1973) Yale (1974) Harvard (1975) Yale &Brown (1976) Yale (1977) Dartmouth (1978) Yale (1979) Yale (1980) Yale &Dartmouth (1981)
I-AA/FCS	Dartmouth,Harvard &Penn (1982) Harvard &Penn (1983) Penn (1984) Penn (1985) Penn (1986) Harvard (1987) Penn &Cornell (1988) Yale &Princeton (1989) Dartmouth &Cornell (1990) Dartmouth (1991) Dartmouth &Princeton (1992) Penn (1993) Penn (1994) Princeton (1995) Dartmouth (1996) Harvard (1997) Penn (1998) Brown &Yale (1999) Penn (2000) Harvard (2001) Penn (2002) Penn (2003) Harvard (2004) Brown (2005) Princeton &Yale (2006) Harvard (2007) Harvard &Brown (2008) Penn (2009) Penn (2010) Harvard (2011) Penn (2012) Harvard &Princeton (2013) Harvard (2014) Harvard,Dartmouth, &Penn (2015) Princeton &Penn (2016) Yale (2017) Princeton (2018) Dartmouth &Yale (2019) No season (2020) Dartmouth &Princeton (2021) Yale (2022) Dartmouth,Harvard, &Yale (2023) Columbia,Dartmouth, &Harvard (2024)

Ivy League football champions

I-A/FBS

Yale (1956)
Princeton (1957)
Dartmouth (1958)
Penn (1959)
Yale (1960)
Columbia &Harvard (1961)
Dartmouth (1962)
Dartmouth &Princeton (1963)
Princeton (1964)
Dartmouth (1965)
Dartmouth,Harvard, &Princeton (1966)
Yale (1967)
Harvard &Yale (1968)
Dartmouth,Yale, &Princeton (1969)
Dartmouth (1970)
Dartmouth &Cornell (1971)
Dartmouth (1972)
Dartmouth (1973)
Yale (1974)
Harvard (1975)
Yale &Brown (1976)
Yale (1977)
Dartmouth (1978)
Yale (1979)
Yale (1980)
Yale &Dartmouth (1981)

I-AA/FCS

Dartmouth,Harvard &Penn (1982)
Harvard &Penn (1983)
Penn (1984)
Penn (1985)
Penn (1986)
Harvard (1987)
Penn &Cornell (1988)
Yale &Princeton (1989)
Dartmouth &Cornell (1990)
Dartmouth (1991)
Dartmouth &Princeton (1992)
Penn (1993)
Penn (1994)
Princeton (1995)
Dartmouth (1996)
Harvard (1997)
Penn (1998)
Brown &Yale (1999)
Penn (2000)
Harvard (2001)
Penn (2002)
Penn (2003)
Harvard (2004)
Brown (2005)
Princeton &Yale (2006)
Harvard (2007)
Harvard &Brown (2008)
Penn (2009)
Penn (2010)
Harvard (2011)
Penn (2012)
Harvard &Princeton (2013)
Harvard (2014)
Harvard,Dartmouth, &Penn (2015)
Princeton &Penn (2016)
Yale (2017)
Princeton (2018)
Dartmouth &Yale (2019)
No season (2020)
Dartmouth &Princeton (2021)
Yale (2022)
Dartmouth,Harvard, &Yale (2023)
Columbia,Dartmouth, &Harvard (2024)

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