1960 Harvard Crimson football team

1960 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIvy League
Record5–4 (4–3 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainTerry F. Lenzner
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Seasons
← 1959
1961 →
1960 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 14 Yale $ 7 0 0 9 0 0
Princeton 6 1 0 7 2 0
Dartmouth 4 3 0 5 4 0
Harvard 4 3 0 5 4 0
Columbia 3 4 0 3 6 0
Penn 2 5 0 3 6 0
Brown 1 6 0 3 6 0
Cornell 1 6 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1960 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1960 college football season. Harvard tied for third in the Ivy League.

In their fourth year under head coach John Yovicsin, the Crimson compiled a 5–4 record but were outscored 119 to 90. Terry F. Lenzner was the team captain.[1]

Harvard's 4–3 conference record tied for third-best in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson were outscored 86 to 65 by Ivy opponents.[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. pp. 22–23. Retrieved July 10, 2020.