1881 Harvard Crimson football team

1881 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–1
Head coach
CaptainWilliam H. Manning
Home stadiumBoston Baseball Grounds, Holmes Field
1881 college football records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
MIT     3 0 0
Richmond     2 0 0
Georgetown     1 0 0
Yale     5 0 1
Princeton     7 0 2
Penn State     1 0 0
Columbian University     1 0 1
Dartmouth     1 0 1
Harvard     6 1 1
Massachusetts     2 1 1
Kentucky University     2 1 0
Columbia     3 3 1
Rutgers     2 4 1
Stevens     1 2 1
Kentucky State College     1 2 0
CCNY     1 1 1
Amherst     0 3 2
Lewisburg     0 1 0
Wesleyan     0 1 0
Randolph–Macon     0 2 0
Michigan     0 3 0
Penn     0 5 0

The 1881 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1881 college football season. They Crimson compiled a record of 6–1–1. The team was managed by first-year head coach, Lucius Littauer, and captained for the second year by William H. Manning.