1996 Harvard Crimson football team

1996 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	4–6 (2–5 Ivy)
Head coach	Timothy Murphy (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Michael Foley (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Jay Mills (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Mark Harriman (3rd season)
Captain	Sean Riley
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium
Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

1996 Ivy League football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 17 Dartmouth $	7	–	0	10	–	0
Columbia	5	–	2	8	–	2
Brown	4	–	3	5	–	5
Cornell	4	–	3	4	–	6
Penn	3	–	4	5	–	5
Harvard	2	–	5	4	–	6
Princeton	2	–	5	3	–	7
Yale	1	–	6	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1996 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Crimson tied for second-to-last in the Ivy League.

In their third year under head coach Timothy Murphy, the Crimson compiled a 4–6 record and were outscored 164 to 163. Sean Riley was the team captain.^[1]

Harvard's 2–5 conference record tied for sixth in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson were outscored 115 to 98 by Ivy opponents.^[2]

Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.

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Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY	L 13–20 ^OT	5,760	^[3]
September 28	at Bucknell*	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	W 30–7	6,064	^[4]
October 5	Lafayette*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 7–17	8,860	^[5]
October 12	Cornell	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 13–20	8,700	^[6]
October 19	at Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 28–25	4,647	^[7]
October 26	at Princeton	Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	W 24–0	14,410	^[8]
November 2	Dartmouth	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 3–6	17,100	^[9]
November 9	Brown	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 7–31	2,133	^[10]
November 16	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 12–17	21,509	^[11]
November 23	Yale	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	W 26–21	24,470	^[12]
*Non-conference game

Roster

1996 Harvard Crimson football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OT	`50`	Matt Birk	Jr
TE	`80`	Chris Eitzmann	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`49`	Isaiah Kacyvenski	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Timothy Murphy

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Lou Anarumo
(Assistant head coach / defensive backs / special teams)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

References

^ "Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 36–37. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
^ Lessels, Allen (September 22, 1996). "Sour Finish for Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C15 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Vellante, John (September 29, 1996). "Harvard Defense Puts Squeeze on Lemon, Bucknell". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C13 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Pave, Marvin (October 6, 1996). "Harvard Comes Close, but ..." Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ McShea, Keith (October 14, 1996). "Levitt, CU Top Harvard". The Ithaca Journal. Ithaca, N.Y. p. 3B – via Newspapers.com.
^ Lessels, Allen (October 20, 1996). "Linden Puts Wind in Harvard's Sails". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D19 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Burris, Joe (October 27, 1996). "Harvard Gains Its Second Wind, Wins". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C18 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Concannon, Joe (November 3, 1996). "Harvard Loses by a Foot". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. F17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Burris, Joe (November 10, 1996). "Brown Just Too Much; When It Rains, It Pours for Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C16 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Juliano, Joe (November 17, 1996). "Reserve QB Leads Penn Over Harvard". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C16 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Concannon, Joe (November 24, 1996). "Crimson Haunt Yale's Cozza to the End; Elis' Comeback Falls Short". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.

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
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