1880 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1880 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1880 college football season. The team finished with a 2–2–2 record.

1880 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–2–2
Head coach	None
Captain	William H. Manning
Home stadium	Boston Baseball Grounds
Seasons ← 1879 1881 →

1880 college football records
v t e	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Princeton		–		4	–	0	–	1
Yale		–		4	–	0	–	1
Kentucky University		–		2	–	0	–	0
Michigan		–		1	–	0	–	0
Harvard		–		2	–	2	–	2
Penn		–		2	–	2	–	0
Rutgers		–		2	–	2	–	0
Columbia		–		1	–	2	–	0
Amherst		–		0	–	1	–	1
Massachusetts		–		0	–	1	–	1
Stevens		–		1	–	4	–	0
Brown		–		0	–	1	–	0
CCNY		–		0	–	1	–	0
Philadelphia Crescent AC		–		0	–	1	–	0
Toronto		–		0	–	1	–	0
Centre		–		0	–	2	–	0

On November 6, 1880, Harvard defeated Columbia 3–0 before a crowd of about 300 who paid 50 cents to watch the game at the Polo Grounds in New York.

Also at the Polo Grounds one week later, Harvard lost to Princeton with an attendance of between 3,000 and 4,000. Princeton scored two goals and held Harvard to one goal. Princeton also had five touchdowns for safety to two for Harvard. The Sun of New York reported that the game, played under the new 1880 rules of the Intercollegiate Football Association, was football in name only, but "in reality a series of wrestling encounters for possession of a large leather globe."

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 23	3:15 p.m.	Britannia Football Club	Boston Baseball Grounds Boston, MA	W 2–0
November 1	3:15 p.m.	at Ottawa Football Club	Rideau Hall Cricket Ground Ottawa, ON	W 2–1
November 2	3:00 p.m.	at Montreal Football Club	Cricket Ground Montreal, QC	T 0–0
November 6	3:15 p.m.	at Columbia	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 3–0	300
November 13	2:45 p.m.	vs. Princeton	Polo Grounds New York, NY (rivalry)	L 1–2	1,500–4,000
November 20	2:45 p.m.	Yale	Boston Baseball Grounds Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 0–1	700