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Harvard

FBSI · 1948 Season · Final

Struggling +
Record
4–4
0.500 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

1948 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
6Week 6 · Oct 5Columbia (COLUMBIA)H2HIND FBSI4–5W 33–24
7Week 7 · Oct 12Cornell (CORNELL)H2HIND FBSI8–1L 6–40
8Week 8 · Oct 19Army (ARMY)H2HIND FBSI8–0–1L 7–20
9Week 9 · Oct 26Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2HIND FBSI6–2L 7–14
10Week 10 · Nov 2Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)H2HIND FBSI5–5W 20–13
11Week 11 · Nov 9Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND FBSI4–4L 7–47
12Week 12 · Nov 16Brown (BROWN)H2HIND FBSI7–2W 30–19
13Week 13 · Nov 23Yale (YALE)H2HIND FBSI4–5W 20–7

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
2.819
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

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

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
+13
-7+20
  • Brown +7
  • Holy Cross +5
  • Columbia +4
  • Yale +4
  • Army 0
  • Cornell -1
  • Dartmouth -2
  • Princeton -4

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 #47Better than 66%
Win % Place 59thBetter than 58%

0.500 Win % · No change

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#46W14#47Regular Season Final#47Post-Season W1#47Post-Season W2#47Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
+9
-34
-13
-7
+7
-40
+11
+13

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

Final Rank by Season
#281941#991942#541945#291946#671947

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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