1876–77 Harvard Crimson football team

1876 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–1
Head coach
  • None
CaptainNathaniel Curtis
1876 college football records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Yale    3 0 0
Rutgers    1 0 0
Harvard    3 1 0
Princeton    3 2 0
Stevens    2 2 0
CCNY    1 1 0
Penn    1 2 0
Columbia    1 3 0
Canada All-Stars    0 1 0
McGill    0 1 0
Northwestern    0 1 0
Philadelphia All-Stars    0 1 0
NYU    0 2 0

The 1876–77 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1876 college football season. They finished with a 3–1 record. The team captain was Nathaniel Curtis.

On November 18, 1876, the second Harvard–Yale football rivalry game was played before a crowd of approximately 2,000 people at Hamilton Park in New Haven, Connecticut. Walter Camp played for Yale, which won the game 1–0.