1962 Harvard Crimson football team

1962 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIvy League
Record6–3 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorJames S. Lentz (1st season)
CaptainRichard C. Diehl
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
Seasons
← 1961
1963 →
1962 Ivy League football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dartmouth $ 7 0 0 9 0 0
Harvard 5 2 0 6 3 0
Columbia 4 3 0 5 4 0
Princeton 4 3 0 5 4 0
Cornell 4 3 0 4 5 0
Penn 2 5 0 3 6 0
Yale 1 5 1 2 5 2
Brown 0 6 1 1 6 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1962 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1962 NCAA University Division football season. Harvard finished second in the Ivy League.

In their sixth year under head coach John Yovicsin, the Crimson compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents 202 to 118. Richard C. Diehl was the team captain.[1]

Harvard's 5–2 conference record was the second-best in the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 155 to 77.[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.