The 1888 Harvard Crimson football team represented Harvard University in the 1888 college football season.
The team outscored its opponents 626–32, including a 102–0 victory over Amherst on November 3.
The Crimson suffered its sole loss, to Princeton, losing by an 18–6 score on November 17.
Two days later, Harvard defeated the Penn by a 50–0 score.
This college football 1880s season article is a stub.