2015 Harvard Crimson football team

American college football season

2015 Harvard Crimson football

Ivy League co-champion Lambert Cup
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
STATS	No. 20
FCS Coaches	No. 20
Record	9–1 (6–1 Ivy)
Head coach	Tim Murphy (22nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Joel Lamb (10th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Scott Larkee (7th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium
Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Ivy League football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 20 Harvard +	6	–	1	9	–	1
No. 23 Dartmouth +	6	–	1	9	–	1
Penn +	6	–	1	7	–	3
Yale	3	–	4	6	–	4
Brown	3	–	4	5	–	5
Princeton	2	–	5	5	–	5
Columbia	1	–	6	2	–	8
Cornell	1	–	6	1	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 22nd-year head coach Tim Murphy and played their home games at Harvard Stadium. They were a member of the Ivy League. They finished the season 9–1 overall 6–1 in Ivy League play to place in a three-way tie for the Ivy League title with Dartmouth and Penn. Harvard averaged 12,798 fans per game.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 19	1:00 p.m.	at Rhode Island*	No. 25	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI		W 41–10	4,843
September 26	7:00 p.m.	Brown	No. 24	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	FCS	W 53–27	15,804
October 2	7:00 p.m.	Georgetown*	No. 24	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN3	W 45–0	7,566
October 10	Noon	at Cornell	No. 24	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	ASN	W 40–3	7,092
October 17	3:30 p.m.	at Lafayette*	No. 18	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA	PLN	W 42–0	7,108
October 24	Noon	Princeton	No. 15	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	ASN	W 42–7	17,444
October 30	7:30 p.m.	No. 22 Dartmouth	No. 15	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	NBCSN	W 14–13	13,058
November 7	1:00 p.m.	at Columbia	No. 13	Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium New York, NY		W 24–16	5,494
November 14	Noon	Penn	No. 12	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	ASN	L 25–35	10,122
November 21	2:30 p.m.	at Yale	No. 19	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	NBCSN	W 38–19	52,126
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	23	25	25	24	24	24	18	15	15	13	12	19	19	20
Coaches	22	25–T	RV	RV	25	24	18	15	16	15	13	21	19	20

References

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v t e Harvard Crimson football
Venues	Boston Baseball Grounds (1877–1881) Holmes Field (1881–1882, 1888) Jarvis Field (1883–1893) Soldier's Field (1894–1903) Harvard Stadium (1903–present)
Bowls and rivalries	1920 Rose Bowl Dartmouth Penn Princeton Yale
Culture and lore	"Ten Thousand Men of Harvard" 1874 McGill game 1921 Centre game 1968 Yale game (Harvard Beats Yale 29–29) 2004 Harvard–Yale prank
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National championship seasons in bold

v t e Ivy League football champions
I-A/FBS	Yale (1956) Princeton (1957) Dartmouth (1958) Penn (1959) Yale (1960) Columbia & Harvard (1961) Dartmouth (1962) Dartmouth & Princeton (1963) Princeton (1964) Dartmouth (1965) Dartmouth, Harvard, & Princeton (1966) Yale (1967) Harvard & Yale (1968) Dartmouth, Yale, & Princeton (1969) Dartmouth (1970) Dartmouth & Cornell (1971) Dartmouth (1972) Dartmouth (1973) Yale (1974) Harvard (1975) Yale & Brown (1976) Yale (1977) Dartmouth (1978) Yale (1979) Yale (1980) Yale & Dartmouth (1981)
I-AA/FCS	Dartmouth, Harvard & Penn (1982) Harvard & Penn (1983) Penn (1984) Penn (1985) Penn (1986) Harvard (1987) Penn & Cornell (1988) Yale & Princeton (1989) Dartmouth & Cornell (1990) Dartmouth (1991) Dartmouth & Princeton (1992) Penn (1993) Penn (1994) Princeton (1995) Dartmouth (1996) Harvard (1997) Penn (1998) Brown & Yale (1999) Penn (2000) Harvard (2001) Penn (2002) Penn (2003) Harvard (2004) Brown (2005) Princeton & Yale (2006) Harvard (2007) Harvard & Brown (2008) Penn (2009) Penn (2010) Harvard (2011) Penn (2012) Harvard & Princeton (2013) Harvard (2014) Harvard, Dartmouth, & Penn (2015) Princeton & Penn (2016) Yale (2017) Princeton (2018) Dartmouth & Yale (2019) No season (2020) Dartmouth & Princeton (2021) Yale (2022) Dartmouth, Harvard, & Yale (2023)

Ivy League football champions

I-A/FBS