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Harvard

FBSI · 1949 Season · Final

Rock Bottom
Record
1–8
0.111 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

1949 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
5Week 5 · Sep 27Stanford (STANFORD)H2HPAC7–3–1L 0–44
6Week 6 · Oct 4Columbia (COLUMBIA)H2HIND FBSI2–7L 7–14
7Week 7 · Oct 11Cornell (CORNELL)H2HIND FBSI8–1L 14–33
8Week 8 · Oct 18Army (ARMY)H2HIND FBSI9–0L 14–54
9Week 9 · Oct 25Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2HIND FBSI6–2L 13–27
10Week 10 · Nov 1Holy Cross (HOLY CROSS)H2HIND FBSI1–9W 22–14
11Week 11 · Nov 8Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND FBSI6–3L 13–33
12Week 12 · Nov 15Brown (BROWN)H2HIND FBSI8–1L 14–28
13Week 13 · Nov 22Yale (YALE)H2HIND FBSI4–4L 6–29

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
6.550
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

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

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
-20
-21+1
  • Holy Cross +1
  • Army 0
  • Cornell -1
  • Brown -1
  • Dartmouth -2
  • Stanford -3
  • Princeton -3
  • Yale -4
  • Columbia -7

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 #107Better than 23%
Win % Place 114thBetter than 18%

0.111 Win % · Change 1

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#104W12#108W13#108W14#108Regular Season Final#107Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
-44
-7
-19
-40
-14
+8
-20
-14
-23

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

Final Rank by Season
#991942#541945#291946#671947#471948

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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