1998 Harvard Crimson football team

1998 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Ivy League
Record	4–6 (3–4 Ivy)
Head coach	Timothy Murphy (5th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Jay Mills (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Joe Philbin (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Captain	Brendan Bibro
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium
Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

1998 Ivy League football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Penn $	6	–	1	8	–	2
Brown	5	–	2	7	–	3
Yale	5	–	2	6	–	4
Princeton	4	–	3	5	–	5
Columbia	3	–	4	4	–	6
Harvard	3	–	4	4	–	6
Cornell	1	–	6	4	–	6
Dartmouth	1	–	6	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion

The 1998 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Crimson tied for fifth in the Ivy League.

In their fifth year under head coach Timothy Murphy, the Crimson compiled a 4–6 record and were outscored 211 to 136. Brendan Bibro was the team captain.^[1]

Harvard's 3–4 conference record tied for fifth in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson were outscored 142 to 86 by Ivy opponents.^[2]

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY	L 0–24	11,175	^[3]
September 26	at Colgate*	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	L 14–34	9,355	^[4]
October 3	No. 12 Lehigh*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 17–21	5,270	^[5]
October 10	Cornell	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 19–12	6,075	^[6]
October 17	Holy Cross*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 20–14 ^OT	5,574	^[7]
October 24	at Princeton	Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 23–22	25,388	^[8]
October 31	at Dartmouth	Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	W 20–7	7,031	^[9]
November 7	Brown	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 6–27	8,067	^[10]
November 14	at Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA	L 10–41	14,909	^[11]
November 21	Yale	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (The Game)	L 7–9	27,787	^[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

References

^ "Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2020. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. pp. 37–38. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
^ Concannon, Joe (September 20, 1998). "Harvard Bashed by Lions". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Mayer, Sean (September 27, 1998). "Determined on Defense". Press & Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, N.Y. pp. 1F, 8F – via Newspapers.com.
^ Concannon, Joe (October 4, 1998). "Crimson Pounce, Then Fizzle; Two Late Miscues Hand It to Lehigh". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Concannon, Joe (October 11, 1998). "Mud Bath Is Rejuvenating; Menick, Harvard Clean Up on Cornell". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C19 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Monahan, Bob (October 18, 1998). "Third TD Is the Charm for Menick; He Paces Harvard's OT Win vs. Holy Cross". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D19 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Concannon, Joe (October 25, 1998). "Play Is the Thing for Menick, Harvard". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D19 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Concannon, Joe (November 1, 1998). "Harvard Shows Bounce". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C17 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Concannon, Joe (November 8, 1998). "Crimson Are Hit with Combination". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C11 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Juliano, Joe (November 15, 1998). "Quakers Crush Crimson, Clinch Tie for Ivy Crown". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. p. C9 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Concannon, Joe (November 22, 1998). "Yale Has Late Kick for Win". 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
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