2012 Harvard Crimson football team
The 2012 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 19th year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They are a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 8–2, 5–2 in Ivy League play to finish in second place.
Schedule
Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
September 15 |
1:00 PM |
San Diego* |
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Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA |
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W 28–13 |
5,272 |
September 22 |
4:30 PM |
at Brown |
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Brown Stadium • Providence, RI |
NBCSN |
W 45–31 |
13,848 |
September 28 |
7:00 PM |
Holy Cross* |
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Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA |
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W 52–3 |
10,215 |
October 6 |
1:00 PM |
Cornell |
No. 25 |
Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA |
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W 45–13 |
7,112 |
October 13 |
3:30 PM |
Bucknell* |
No. 22 |
Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA |
CBSSN |
W 35–7 |
9,558 |
October 20 |
1:00 PM |
at Princeton |
No. 22 |
Princeton University Stadium • Princeton, NJ |
ESPN3 |
L 34–39 |
10,823 |
October 27 |
5:00 PM |
at Dartmouth |
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Memorial Field • Hanover, NH |
CSNNE |
W 31–14 |
10,138 |
November 3 |
1:00 PM |
Columbia |
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Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA |
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W 69–0 |
5,838 |
November 10 |
12:00 PM |
at Penn |
No. 25 |
Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA |
NBCSN |
L 21–30 |
8,910 |
November 17 |
12:00 PM |
Yale |
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Harvard Stadium • Allston, MA (129th edition of The Game) |
NBCSN |
W 34–24 |
31,123 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
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Poll |
Pre |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
Final |
Sports Network |
25 |
RV |
RV |
RV |
RV |
25 |
22 |
22 |
RV |
RV |
25 |
RV |
RV |
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Coaches |
22 |
23 |
24 |
24 |
24 |
23 |
21 |
20 |
24 |
21 |
16 |
24 |
23 |
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National championship seasons in bold |