Athletics
Coverage of the Harvard sports and athletics—from team achievements to individual standout stories.
Harvard Football: Yale 45, Harvard 28
A wild weekend: a debacle in The Game, then a berth in the playoffs.
Tim Murphy is Harvard’s greatest football coach
Harvard’s greatest football coach—and one of the best anywhere
Harvard puts Cornell away, 40-3, and is 2-0 in Ivy play
A semblance of a competitive game becomes a rout.
Harvard football 2015: the Crimson scores 45, Georgetown 0
With a seventeenth-straight victory, coach Tim Murphy announces, “The preseason is over.”
Harvard football 2015: the Crimson trounces Brown, 53-27
The Crimson’s first Ivy contest proved “one of those days when we got on a roll.”
Harvard beats Rhode Island, 41-10, in football opener
The Crimson dispatched the gritty but overmatched Rams in its season opener.
Harvard Beats Yale in The Game to finish an undefeated season
A thrilling end to The Game caps a championship season.
Harvard beats Yale 31-24 to cap a perfect season
A hard-won victory caps a perfect season.
November 15, 2014: Harvard beats Penn, 34-24, in football
Harvard bested Penn 34-24, ensuring at least a share of the 2014 Ivy crown.
Harvard beats Columbia, 45-0, in football
The Harvard football team remained undefeated in 2014 by besting Columbia, 45-0.
Harvard beats Dartmouth, 23-12, in football
The Harvard football team remained undefeated by beating Dartmouth's gridders, 23-12.