1963 Harvard Crimson football team

1963 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–2–2 (4–2–1 Ivy)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorJames S. Lentz (2nd season)
CaptainWilliam W. Southmayd
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Seasons
← 1962
1964 →
1963 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth + 5 2 0 7 2 0
Princeton + 5 2 0 7 2 0
Harvard 4 2 1 5 2 2
Yale 4 3 0 6 3 0
Cornell 4 3 0 5 4 0
Columbia 2 4 1 4 4 1
Brown 2 5 0 3 5 0
Penn 1 6 0 3 6 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1963 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1963 NCAA University Division football season. Harvard finished third in the Ivy League.

In their seventh year under head coach John Yovicsin, the Crimson compiled a 5–2–2 record and outscored opponents 122 to 76. William W. Southmayd was the team captain.[1]

Harvard's 4–2–1 conference record was the third-best in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 94 to 76.[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. 23. Retrieved July 10, 2020.