2014 Harvard Crimson football team

2014 Harvard Crimson football
2014 Harvard Crimson football
Ivy League champion
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 15
FCS Coaches	No. 15
Record	10–0 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach	Tim Murphy (21st season);
Offensive coordinator	Joel Lamb (9th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Scott Larkee (6th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium

2014 Ivy League football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
No. 15 $	7	–	0	10	–	0
Dartmouth	6	–	1	8	–	2
Yale	5	–	2	8	–	2
Princeton	4	–	3	5	–	5
Brown	3	–	4	5	–	5
Penn	2	–	5	2	–	8
Cornell	1	–	6	1	–	9
Columbia	0	–	7	0	–	10

$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network Poll

The 2014 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 21st-year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 10–0 overall 7–0 in Ivy League play to be crowned Ivy League champions. Harvard averaged 15,017 fans per game.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 19	7:00 p.m.	Holy Cross*		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN3	W 41–18	15,132
September 27	6:00 p.m.	at Brown		Brown Stadium Providence, RI		W 22–14	13,511
October 4	Noon	at Georgetown*		Multi-Sport Field Washington, DC		W 34–3	2,502
October 11	1:00 p.m.	Cornell		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	FCS Atlantic	W 24–7	9,165
October 18	1:00 p.m.	Lafayette*	No. 25	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	NESN/ESPN3	W 24–14	7,177
October 25	1:00 p.m.	at Princeton	No. 21	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ESPN3	W 49–7	12,164
November 1	3:30 p.m.	at Dartmouth	No. 20	Memorial Stadium Hanover, NH (rivalry)	CSN	W 23–12	5,833
November 8	1:00 p.m.	Columbia	No. 18	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN3	W 45–0	12,552
November 15	1:00 p.m.	at Penn	No. 17	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)		W 34–24	5,386
November 22	12:30 p.m.	Yale	No. 15	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry, College GameDay)	NBCSN	W 31–24	31,062
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Sports Network	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	21	20	18	17	15	13	15
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	21	18	17	17	14	14	15

References

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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 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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