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American college football season
The 2018 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Ivy League . They were led by 25th-year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium . They finished the season 6–4 overall and 4–3 in Ivy League play to place third. Harvard averaged 13,981 fans per game during the season.
The 2018 schedule consisted of six home games and four away games. The Crimson hosted Ivy League foes Princeton , Columbia , and Yale for the 135th edition of Harvard–Yale football rivalry , and traveled to Brown , Cornell , Dartmouth , and Penn . Harvard's non-conference opponents were San Diego of the Pioneer Football League , Rhode Island of the Colonial Athletic Association , and Holy Cross of the Patriot League .
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 15 12:00 p.m. San Diego * ESPN+ W 36–148,709 7:00 p.m. at Brown ESPNU W 31–179,309 7:00 p.m. No. 22 Rhode Island * Harvard Stadium Boston, MA ESPN+ L 16–239,123 October 6 1:30 p.m. at Cornell ESPN+ L 24–288,040 7:00 p.m. Holy Cross * Harvard Stadium Boston, MA ESPN+ W 33–3110,056 October 20 12:00 p.m. No. 23 Princeton Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry ) ESPN+ L 21–2910,876 October 27 1:30 p.m. at Dartmouth ESPN+ L 17-245,814 November 3 12:00 p.m. Columbia Harvard Stadium Boston, MA ESPN+/NESN W 52–1810,447 November 10 1:00 p.m. at Penn ESPN+ W 29-713,224 November 17 12:00 p.m. vs. Yale ESPN2 W 45–2734,675
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Total
Toreros
3
3
8
0
14
Crimson
27
0
3
6
36
Total
Crimson
14
10
0
7
31
Bears
3
0
7
7
17
Total
No. 22 Rams
2
14
7
0
23
Crimson
3
0
6
7
16
Total
Crimson
7
0
10
7
24
Big Red
0
7
7
14
28
Total
Crusaders
0
7
7
17
31
Crimson
9
11
10
3
33
Total
No. 23 Tigers
7
3
0
19
29
Crimson
0
7
0
14
21
Total
Crimson
0
0
7
10
17
Big Green
14
7
0
3
24
Total
Lions
6
6
0
6
18
Crimson
21
7
7
17
52
Total
Crimson
10
6
13
0
29
Quakers
0
0
0
7
7
Total
Bulldogs
7
7
10
3
27
Crimson
7
14
7
17
45
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