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Harvard

IVY · 1979 Season · Final

Rock Bottom
Record
3–6
0.333 Win %
Conference
6th
3–4 in IVY

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

1979 Schedule & Results

WkDateOpponentConfOpp. RecordResult
5Week 5 · Sep 25Columbia (COLUMBIA)H2HIND IVY1–8W 26–7
6Week 6 · Oct 2MASSACHUSETTSUnranked—L 7–20
7Week 7 · Oct 9BOSTON UNIVERSITYUnranked—L 10–14
8Week 8 · Oct 16Cornell (CORNELL)H2HIND IVY5–4L 14–41
9Week 9 · Oct 23Dartmouth (DARTMOUTH)H2HIND IVY4–4–1L 7–10
10Week 10 · Oct 30Princeton (PRINCETON)H2HIND IVY5–4L 7–9
11Week 11 · Nov 6Brown (BROWN)H2HIND IVY6–3L 14–23
12Week 12 · Nov 13Pennsylvania (PENNSYLVANIA)H2HIND IVY0–9W 41–26
13Week 13 · Nov 20Yale (YALE)H2HIND IVY8–1W 22–7

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
5.709
Paramount (best)Rock Bottom

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

NOW — Net Opponent Wins
-6
-15+9
  • Yale +8
  • Columbia +1
  • Pennsylvania 0
  • Brown -3
  • Cornell -4
  • Dartmouth -4
  • 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 #115Better than 17%
Win % Place 105thBetter than 24%

0.333 Win % · No change

Percent of all FBS teams this team is ahead of.

Rank by Week
#115Regular Season Final#115Post-Season W2#115Post-Season W3#115Post-Season W4#115Final

Higher on the chart = better rank.

Game Margins
+19
-13
-4
-27
-3
-2
-9
+15
+15

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

Final Rank by Season
#151974#341975#451976#891977#761978

Higher = better finish. Ranks as published.

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