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Harvard

FBSI · 1881 Season · Final

Rebuilding
Record
6–1–1
0.813 Win %
Conference
—
0–0 in FBSI

All-Time Resume

Ranked Seasons
103
1875–1981
All-Time Record
630–259–42
0.699 Win %
Peak Final Rank
#1
1887, 1890
#1 Finishes
2
Top 5: 26 · Top 10: 35 · Top 25: 49
  • Divisional Era · 26 seasons · 1 Top 10
  • AP Poll & Postwar Era · 18 seasons
  • Forward Pass & Stadium Boom Era · 29 seasons · 8 Top 10
  • Pioneer Era · 30 seasons · 26 Top 10 · 2× #1

Final finishes, as published; the season in progress counts toward record only. Compare Harvard head-to-head · History & Eras

1881 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
7Week 7 · Oct 11MONTREALUnranked—W 2–0
8Week 8 · Oct 18OTTAWAUnranked—W 9–1
9Week 9 · Oct 25BRITANNIAUnranked—W 2–0
10Week 10 · Nov 1Michigan (MICHIGAN)H2HIND FBSI0–3W 1–0
11Week 11 · Nov 8Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)H2HIND FBSI0–5W 2–0
11Week 11 · Nov 8Columbia (COLUMBIA)H2HIND FBSI3–3–1W 1–0
12Week 12 · Nov 15Yale (YALE)H2HIND FBSI5–0–1L 0–1
13Week 13 · Nov 22Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND FBSI7–0–2T 0–0

Past season results come from the published weekly rankings; home/away is not recorded. Unranked = opponent outside the ranked field. Kickoff times in Eastern Time. TBD = not yet announced. vs* = neutral site. Opp. Record is the current season record; — = unavailable.

Rating Tier Spectrum
2.117
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

Where the rating sits on the 12-tier scale (lower is better).

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
+3
0+3
  • Columbia +3
  • Michigan 0
  • Pennsylvania 0
  • Yale 0
  • Princeton 0

Each win stacks that opponent's win total to the right; each loss stacks that opponent's loss total to the left.

National Standing
Rank #4Better than 98%
Win % Place 3rdBetter than 99%

0.813 Win % · No change

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#4W10#3W11#4W12#4W13#4Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
+2
+8
+2
+1
+2
+1
-1
0

Bars above the line are wins, below are losses; height = point margin.

Final Rank by Season
#41876#41877#61878#31879#41880

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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