The nine-game 1948 Varsity football schedule that will confront Arthur Valpey during his second season at Cambridge is the most difficult slate over attempted by a Harvard team, the Athletic Association announced last night. It bears out an earlier Valpey request for a schedule with no easy games on it.

After the opening game against Stanford on the West Coast, the team will play the same schools it played in 1948, and in the same order. Stanford, Columbia, Cornell, Army, Dartmouth, Holy Cross, Princeton, Brown, and Yale constitute the line-up released yesterday by H.A.A. director William J. Bingham '16. Stanford will play in Cambridge in 1950.

Varsity Comes Home Late

Local partisans will not be able to see the Crimson in action in the Stadium next year until October 8, 1949, when the team returns from New York City for a six-game home-stand, opening against Cornell.

Following the Cayugan contest, Army, Dartmouth, Holy Cross, Princeton and Brown will perform for Stadium crowds before the team journeys to New Haven to meet Yale November 19. The schedule: Sept. 24  Stanford at Pale Alto Oct. 1  Columbia at New York Oct. 6  Cornell Oct. 15  Army Oct. 22  Dartmouth Oct. 29  Holy Cross Nov. 5  Princeton Nov. 12  Brown Nov. 19  Yale at New Haven