Dick Friedman

Dick Friedman ’73 spent two decades as an editor and writer at Sports Illustrated and is one of the editors of the best-selling SI College Football Book. He is the author of the 2018 book "The Coach Who Strangled the Bulldog: How Harvard's Percy Haughton Beat Yale and Reinvented Football. Friedman grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, and first attended a game at Harvard Stadium in 1958.

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An Ivy title—dimmed by defeat in the Game

Football: Yale 23-Harvard 18

A deflating ending fashions a three-way title tie.

Harvard 25-Penn 23 (Triple Overtime)

A thrilling win makes the Crimson Ivy champs—now for Yale.

Harvard 38, Columbia 24

The Crimson tames the Lions for its 900th all-time win.

Football 2023: Harvard 17, Dartmouth 9

After subduing the Big Green, Murphy is the Ivy’s winningest coach.

Football 2023: Princeton 21, Harvard 14

The Crimson falls from the ranks of the unbeaten.

Football 2023: Harvard 48-Howard 7

The Crimson rolls over the Bison; Princeton is next.

Harvard’s G.O.A.T.

Remembering Charlie Brickley at the Crimson’s football sesquicentennial

The Sesquicentennial All-Crimson Team

The greatest players in the program’s history

Football 2023: Harvard 41, Cornell 23

The Crimson stays unbeaten as Murphy ties a record.

Harvard 38, Holy Cross 28

The Crimson springs a major upset.