1982 Harvard Crimson football team

1982 Harvard Crimson football
Ivy League co-champion
ConferenceIvy League
Record7–3 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach
CaptainGreg Brown
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
1982 Ivy League football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Harvard + 5 2 07 3 0
Penn + 5 2 07 3 0
Dartmouth + 5 2 05 5 0
Princeton 3 4 03 7 0
Yale 3 4 04 6 0
Brown 3 4 05 5 0
Cornell 3 4 04 6 0
Columbia 1 6 01 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1982 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Crimson were one of three co-champions of the Ivy League.

In their 12th year under head coach Joe Restic, the Crimson compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents 259 to 136. Greg Brown was the team captain.

Harvard's 5–2 conference record put it in a three-way tie atop the Ivy League standings. The Crimson outscored Ivy opponents 191 to 88. Despite having the best in-conference and overall point differentials of the three, Harvard lost its head-to-head matchups against both of its co-champions, Dartmouth and Penn.

This was Harvard's first year in Division I-AA, after having competed in the top-level Division I-A and its predecessors since 1873.

Harvard played its home games at Harvard Stadium in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.