2012 Harvard Crimson football team

The 2012 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 19th-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 8–2 overall 5–2 in Ivy League play to place second. Harvard averaged 11,519 fans per game.

2012 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Ivy League
Ranking
FCS Coaches	No. 23
Record	8–2 (5–2 Ivy)
Head coach	Tim Murphy (19th season)
Offensive coordinator	Joel Lamb (7th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Scott Larkee (4th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium

2012 Ivy League football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Penn $		6	–	1					6	–	4
Harvard		5	–	2					8	–	2
Brown		4	–	3					7	–	3
Dartmouth		4	–	3					6	–	4
Princeton		4	–	3					5	–	5
Cornell		2	–	5					4	–	6
Columbia		2	–	5					3	–	7
Yale		1	–	6					2	–	8
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	1:00 p.m.	San Diego*		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA		W 28–13	5,272
September 22	4:30 p.m.	at Brown		Brown Stadium Providence, RI	NBCSN	W 45–31	13,848
September 28	7:00 p.m.	Holy Cross*		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA		W 52–3	10,215
October 6	1:00 p.m.	Cornell	No. 25	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA		W 45–13	7,112
October 13	3:30 p.m.	Bucknell*	No. 22	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	CBSSN	W 35–7	9,558
October 20	1:00 p.m.	at Princeton	No. 22	Powers Field at Princeton Stadium Princeton, NJ (rivalry)	ESPN3	L 34–39	10,823
October 27	5:00 p.m.	at Dartmouth		Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	CSNNE	W 31–14	10,138
November 3	1:00 p.m.	Columbia		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA		W 69–0	5,838
November 10	Noon	at Penn	No. 25	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	NBCSN	L 21–30	8,910
November 17	Noon	Yale		Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	NBCSN	W 34–24	31,123
*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	14	15	Final
Sports Network	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	22	22	RV	RV	25	RV	RV
Coaches	22	23	24	24	24	23	21	20	24	21	16	24	23