2005 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season

2005 Harvard Crimson football

Conference	Ivy League
Record	7–3 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach	Tim Murphy (12th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dave Cecchini (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Kevin Doherty (4th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium
Seasons ← 2004 2006 →

2005 Ivy League football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 15 Brown $	6	–	1	9	–	1
Princeton	5	–	2	7	–	3
Harvard	5	–	2	7	–	3
Yale	4	–	3	4	–	6
Cornell	4	–	3	6	–	4
Penn	3	–	4	5	–	5
Dartmouth	1	–	6	2	–	8
Columbia	0	–	7	2	–	8

$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2005 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Harvard finished the season with an overall record of 7–3, placing in a tie for second among Ivy league teams with a conference mark of 5–2.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	at Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 31–21	8,238	^[1]
September 24	Brown	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 38–35	11,134	^[2]
October 1	Lehigh*	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 24-49	9,339	^[3]
October 8	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 13–27	5,250	^[4]
October 15	at Lafayette*	Fisher Field Easton, PA	W 24–17	8,983	^[5]
October 22	Princeton	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 24–27	12,023	^[6]
October 29	Dartmouth	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 42–14	12,661	^[7]
November 5	at Columbia	Wien Stadium New York, NY	W 55–7	2,354	^[8]
November 12	Penn	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 29–3	15,688	^[9]
November 19	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (The Game)	W 30–24 ^3OT	53,213	^[10]
*Non-conference game

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References

^ Benjamin, Amalie (September 18, 2005). "Call for Backup Works". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C19 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Benjamin, Amalie (September 25, 2005). "Harvard Spotty, but Clean; Crimson Take Down Brown in Double OT". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C20 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Chamberlain, Tony (October 2, 2005). "Crimson Run Out of Steam in Rout; Lehigh Scores 35 in Second Half". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C22 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Kilgore, Adam (October 9, 2005). "Crimson Start Another Streak with Defeat". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. D18 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Schlegel, Bradley (October 16, 2005). "Crimson Emerge from Rare Skid". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C19 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Benjamin, Amalie (October 23, 2005). "Late Return Repels Crimson; Quick Strike Lifts Princeton". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C19 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Powers, John (October 30, 2005). "Crimson Are in Running". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C16 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Powers, John (November 6, 2005). "Crimson Finish in No Time". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C19 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Powers, John (November 13, 2005). "Crimson Pummel Quakers". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C19 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Powers, John (November 20, 2005). "Harvard Makes History in 3-OT Win". Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Harvard 2005 Schedule - Crimson Home and Away - ESPN

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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
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