1946 Harvard Crimson football team

1946 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIvy League
Record7–2 (3–1 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainCleo A. O'Donnell
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Ivy Group football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Yale 4 1 1 7 1 1
Harvard 3 1 0 7 2 0
No. 13 Penn 3 1 0 6 2 0
Cornell 3 1 1 5 3 1
Columbia 2 2 0 6 3 0
Princeton 2 4 0 3 5 0
Brown 1 3 0 3 5 1
Dartmouth 1 6 0 3 6 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University in the Ivy League during the 1946 college football season. In its 10th season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 7–2 record and outscored their opponents 214 to 65.[1]

Despite the end of World War II and return of its longtime coach from military service in 1945, Harvard continued to designate its football program "informal" that year. The 1946 season thus represented the return of "major" college football to Harvard for the first time since fall 1942.[2]

Harvard was ranked at No. 46 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[3]

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

  1. ^ "1946 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
  2. ^ Danzig, Allison (September 26, 1945). "Harvard Material Lacks Experience". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 18.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 15, 1946). "Rice Rated Fifth Best, Tennessee 12th by Lit". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. p. B4 – via Newspapers.com.