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Harvard

FBSI · 1889 Season · Final

Paramount
Record
9–2
0.818 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

1889 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
7Week 7 · Oct 8EXETERUnranked—W 28–0
7Week 7 · Oct 8Stevens (STEVENS)H2HIND FBSI1–10W 28–4
8Week 8 · Oct 15Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2HIND FBSI7–1W 38–0
8Week 8 · Oct 15M.i.t. (M.I.T.)H2HIND FBSI3–3W 62–0
9Week 9 · Oct 22Williams (WILLIAMS)H2HIND FBSI4–5–1W 41–0
9Week 9 · Oct 22ANDOVERUnranked—W 41–0
10Week 10 · Oct 29Wesleyan (WESLEYAN)H2HIND FBSI5–7–1W 64–0
11Week 11 · Nov 5Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)H2HIND FBSI7–6W 35–0
12Week 12 · Nov 12Wesleyan (WESLEYAN)H2HIND FBSI5–7–1W 67–2
13Week 13 · Nov 19Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND FBSI10–0L 15–41
14Week 14 · Nov 26Yale (YALE)H2HIND FBSI16–1L 0–6

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
-0.350
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

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

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
+31
-1+32
  • Dartmouth +7
  • Pennsylvania +7
  • Wesleyan +5
  • Wesleyan +5
  • Williams +4
  • M.i.t. +3
  • Stevens +1
  • Princeton 0
  • Yale -1

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 #3Better than 99%
Win % Place 4thBetter than 98%

0.818 Win % · No change

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#3W11#2W12#3W13#3W14#3Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
+28
+24
+38
+62
+41
+41
+64
+35
+65
-26
-6

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

Final Rank by Season
#41883#41884#21886#11887#31888

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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