2016 — The 2016 Season

Harvard's 2016 season (7-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-3
Final Result Bowl season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -9.8 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs Rhod Isl 51-21 W @ Brown 32-22 W vs George 31-17 W vs Cornell 29-13 L @ Holy Cro 17-27 W @ Prince 23-20 W @ Dartmo 23-21 W vs Columbia 28-21 L @ Pennsy 14-27 L vs Yale 14-21
Defining Moments
The Statement

The 2016 season's largest margin: Harvard 51, Rhode Island 21. A 30-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The Setback

The season's deepest loss: Harvard 14, Pennsylvania 27. A 13-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Go Crimson"
— Harvard fanbase voice · 2016· synthesized
What It Meant

2016 is a middle chapter for Harvard — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.