2014 Harvard Crimson football team

The 2014 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 21st-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 10–0 overall 7–0 in Ivy League play to be crowned Ivy League champions. Harvard averaged 15,017 fans per game.

2014 Harvard Crimson football
Ivy League champion
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 15
FCS Coaches	No. 15
Record	10–0 (7–0 Ivy)
Head coach	Tim Murphy (21st season)
Offensive coordinator	Joel Lamb (9th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Scott Larkee (6th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium

2014 Ivy League football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 15 Harvard $		7	–	0					10	–	0
Dartmouth		6	–	1					8	–	2
Yale		5	–	2					8	–	2
Princeton		4	–	3					5	–	5
Brown		3	–	4					5	–	5
Penn		2	–	5					2	–	8
Cornell		1	–	6					1	–	9
Columbia		0	–	7					0	–	10
$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 19	7:00 p.m.	Holy Cross*		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN3	W 41–18	15,132
September 27	6:00 p.m.	at Brown		Brown Stadium Providence, RI		W 22–14	13,511
October 4	Noon	at Georgetown*		Multi-Sport Field Washington, DC		W 34–3	2,502
October 11	1:00 p.m.	Cornell		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	FCS Atlantic	W 24–7	9,165
October 18	1:00 p.m.	Lafayette*	No. 25	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	NESN/ESPN3	W 24–14	7,177
October 25	1:00 p.m.	at Princeton	No. 21	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ESPN3	W 49–7	12,164
November 1	3:30 p.m.	at Dartmouth	No. 20	Memorial Stadium Hanover, NH (rivalry)	CSN	W 23–12	5,833
November 8	1:00 p.m.	Columbia	No. 18	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	ESPN3	W 45–0	12,552
November 15	1:00 p.m.	at Penn	No. 17	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)		W 34–24	5,386
November 22	12:30 p.m.	Yale	No. 15	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry, College GameDay)	NBCSN	W 31–24	31,062
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Sports Network	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	21	20	18	17	15	13	15
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	21	18	17	17	14	14	15