# 2017 Harvard Crimson football team

The 2017 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 24th-year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 5–5 overall and 3–4 in Ivy League play to tie for fifth place. Harvard averaged 10,411 fans per game.

## Schedule

The 2017 schedule consisted of five home games and five away games. The Crimson hosted Ivy League foes Brown, Princeton, Dartmouth, and Penn, and traveled to Cornell, Columbia, and Yale for the 134th edition of The Game.
Harvard's non-conference opponents were Rhode Island of the Colonial Athletic Association, and Georgetown and Lafayette of the Patriot League.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at Rhode Island* | Meade StadiumKingston, RI | | L 10–17 | 3,812 |
| September 23 | Noon | Brown | Harvard StadiumBoston, MA | NESN+ | W 45–28 | 10,651 |
| September 30 | 2:00 p.m. | at Georgetown* | RFK StadiumWashington, DC | STADIUM | W 41–2 | 3,256 |
| October 7 | 1:30 p.m. | at Cornell | Schoellkopf FieldIthaca, NY | ELVN | L 14–17 | 7,313 |
| October 14 | Noon | Lafayette* | Harvard StadiumBoston, MA | NESN | W 38–10 | 10,025 |
| October 20 | 7:30 p.m. | Princeton | Harvard StadiumBoston, MA (rivalry) | NBCSN | L 17–52 | 10,114 |
| October 28 | Noon | Dartmouth | Harvard StadiumBoston, MA (rivalry) | NESN | W 25–22 | 11,143 |
| November 4 | 1:00 p.m. | at Columbia | Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien StadiumNew York, NY | ELVN | W 21–14 | 7,011 |
| November 11 | Noon | Penn | Harvard StadiumBoston, MA (rivalry) | NESN+ | L 6–23 | 10,122 |
| November 18 | 12:30 p.m. | at Yale | Yale BowlNew Haven, CT (rivalry) | CNBC | L 3–24 | 51,426 |
| *Non-conference gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Rhode Island

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Harvard | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Rhode Island | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
at Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI
* Date: September 16
* Game time: 1:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C); nice, breezy
* Game attendance: 3,812
* Referee: M. Sechrist
* Box Score

### Brown

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 28 |
| Harvard | 14 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 45 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
* Date: September 23
* Game time: Noon
* Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C); partly cloudy
* Game attendance: 10,651
* Referee: C. Jebran
* Box Score

### Georgetown

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Harvard | 14 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 41 |
| Georgetown | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
at Cooper Field • Washington, D.C.
* Date: September 16
* Game time: 2:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); partly cloudy
* Game attendance: 3,256
* Referee: M. Overton
* Box Score

### Cornell

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Harvard | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Cornell | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
at Schoellkopf Field • Ithaca, NY
* Date: October 7
* Game time: 1:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C); partly cloudy
* Game attendance: 7,313
* Referee: J. Gansiejewski
* Box Score

### Lafayette

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lafayette | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Harvard | 14 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
* Date: October 14
* Game time: Noon
* Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); cloudy
* Game attendance: 10,025
* Referee: T. Kichline
* Box Score

### Princeton

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Princeton | 10 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 52 |
| Harvard | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
* Date: October 20
* Game time: 7:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); warm, breezy
* Game attendance: 10,114
* Referee: M. Sechrist
* Box Score

### Dartmouth

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Dartmouth | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 22 |
| Harvard | 0 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
* Date: October 28
* Game time: Noon
* Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C); cloudy
* Game attendance: 11,143
* Referee: H. Wimberg
* Box Score

### Columbia

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Harvard | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Columbia | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
at Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium • New York, NY
* Date: November 4
* Game time: 1:00 p.m.
* Game weather: 55 °F (13 °C); mix of clouds and sun
* Game attendance: 7,011
* Referee: K. Hudson
* Box Score

### Penn

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Penn | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| Harvard | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
at Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA
* Date: November 11
* Game time: Noon
* Game weather: 38 °F (3 °C); sunny, breezy
* Game attendance: 10,122
* Referee: W. Boyd
* Box Score

### Yale ("The Game")

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Harvard | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yale | 0 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
at Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT
* Date: November 18
* Game time: 12:30 p.m.
* Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C); cloudy
* Game attendance: 51,426
* Referee: H. Johns
* Box Score