Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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October 2 | Columbia | | | W 33–24 | 20,000 | [3] |
October 9 | at Cornell | No. 18 | | L 6–40 | 25,000 | [4] |
October 16 | at No. 5 Army | | | L 7–20 | 26,921 | [5] |
October 23 | Dartmouth | | - Harvard Stadium
- Boston, MA (rivalry)
| L 7–14 | 46,000 | [6] |
October 30 | Holy Cross | | - Harvard Stadium
- Boston, MA
| W 20–13 | 35,000 | [7] |
November 6 | at Princeton | | | L 7–47 | 37,000 | [8] |
November 13 | Brown | | - Harvard Stadium
- Boston, MA
| W 30–19 | 25,000 | [9] |
November 20 | Yale | | | W 20–7 | 57,495 | [10] |
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked | Week |
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Poll | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
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AP | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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- ^ "1948 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Danzig, Allison (October 3, 1948). "Harvard Beats Columbia, 33-24; Lions Are Baffled". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Miller, Vern (October 10, 1948). "Smooth Cornell Eleven Blasts Harvard Hopes, 40-6". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Young, Dick (October 17, 1948). "Army's Stephenson Rips Harvard, 20-7". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. C44 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McGowen, Roscoe (October 26, 1948). "Dartmouth Halts Harvard by 14 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
- ^ Nason, Jerry (October 31, 1948). "Harvard Rebounds to Beat H.C., 20-13". The Boston Sunday Globe. Boston, Mass. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hand, Jack (November 7, 1948). "Princeton Runs Up Record 47-7 Score in Routing Harvard". The Sunday Times. New Brunswick, N.J. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Harvard Is Victor over Brown, 30-19". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. November 14, 1948. p. S1.
- ^ Trimble, Joe (November 21, 1948). "Cantabs End 7-Yr. Eli Drought, 20-7". Sunday News. New York, N.Y. p. 105 – via Newspapers.com.