1997 Harvard Crimson football team

1997 Harvard Crimson football
Ivy League champion
ConferenceIvy League
Record9–1 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorJay Mills (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorJoe Philbin (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorMark Harriman (4th season)
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Seasons
← 1996
1998 →
1997 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Harvard $   7 0     9 1  
Dartmouth   6 1     8 2  
Brown   4 3     7 3  
Cornell   4 3     6 4  
Princeton   3 4     6 4  
Columbia   3 4     4 6  
Yale   1 6     2 8  
Penn *   0 7     1 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * Standings reflect Penn's forfeit of five conference wins due to use of an ineligible player

The 1997 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Harvard finished the season with an overall record of 9–1, winning the Ivy league with a conference mark of 7–0, the first time Harvard had ever gone unbeaten and untied in Ivy League play.[1]

  1. ^ "Media Center: Harvard Crimson Football - All-Time Coaching Records". Harvard. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2019.