1926 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1926 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1926 college football season. In its first season under head coach Arnold Horween, Harvard compiled a 3–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 140 to 105. Clement D. Coady was the team captain. The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Boston.

1926 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5
Head coach	Arnold Horween (1st season)
Captain	Clement D. Coady
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium
Uniform

1926 Eastern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Lafayette			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 10 Brown			–					9	–	0	–	1
NYU			–					8	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Army			–					7	–	1	–	1
Washington & Jefferson			–					7	–	1	–	1
Boston College			–					6	–	0	–	2
No. 10 Penn			–					7	–	1	–	1
Cornell			–					6	–	1	–	1
Princeton			–					5	–	1	–	1
Carnegie Tech			–					7	–	2	–	0
Springfield			–					6	–	2	–	0
Syracuse			–					7	–	2	–	1
Villanova			–					6	–	2	–	1
Colgate			–					5	–	2	–	2
Columbia			–					6	–	3	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	2	–	2
CCNY			–					5	–	3	–	0
Temple			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					5	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					4	–	4	–	0
Yale			–					4	–	4	–	0
Bucknell			–					4	–	5	–	1
Fordham			–					3	–	4	–	1
Harvard			–					3	–	5	–	0
Rutgers			–					3	–	6	–	0
Vermont			–					3	–	6	–	0
Drexel			–					2	–	5	–	0
Boston University			–					2	–	6	–	0
Lehigh			–					1	–	8	–	0
Franklin & Marshall			–					0	–	8	–	1
Rankings from Dickinson System

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 1	Geneva	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 7–16
October 9	Holy Cross	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 14–19
October 16	William & Mary	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 27–7
October 23	Dartmouth	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	W 16–12
October 30	Tufts	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 69–6
November 6	Princeton	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 0–12	55,000
November 13	Brown	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–21
November 21	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	L 7–12