The 1874–75 Harvard Crimson football team represented

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in the

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. The team finished with a 1–1 record and was retroactively named co- national champion by Parke H. Davis. The team captain was Arthur B. Ellis. After the first rugby football game in the United States was played by

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visiting Harvard in May 1874, Harvard traveled to Montreal for another rugby style game in October. No goals were scored, the game ended in a 0–0 tie, but Harvard had scored three tries to win the game in front of 2,000 spectators.

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