1959 Harvard Crimson football team

1959 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–3 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainHarold J. Keohane
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Penn $ 6 1 0 7 1 1
Dartmouth 5 1 1 5 3 1
Harvard 4 3 0 6 3 0
Yale 4 3 0 6 3 0
Cornell 3 4 0 5 4 0
Princeton 3 4 0 4 5 0
Brown 1 5 1 2 6 1
Columbia 1 6 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1959 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1959 college football season. Harvard tied for third place in the Ivy League.

In their third year under head coach John Yovicsin, the Crimson compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents 177 to 101. Harold J. Keohane was the team captain.[1]

Harvard's 4–3 conference record placed tied for third-best in the Ivy League. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 121 to 73.[2]

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

  1. ^ "Football Record Book: Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  2. ^ "Year-by-Year History". Ivy League Football Media Guide (PDF). Princeton, N.J.: Ivy League. 2017. p. 22. Retrieved July 10, 2020.