Athletics

Coverage of the Harvard sports and athletics—from team achievements to individual standout stories.

Football players in white and maroon uniforms celebrating a play on the field.

Harvard Football: Yale 45, Harvard 28

A wild weekend: a debacle in The Game, then a berth in the playoffs.

by Dick Friedman

Harvard player 6 runs with the ball as UNH player attempts to tackle him

Harvard Football- Harvard 28-New Hampshire 23

A solid bounce-back win against a rugged nonconference foe

by Dick Friedman

Harvard player 11 runs with the ball with other Harvard players fending off Brown players

Harvard Football-Brown 31- Harvard 28

The first Ivy game yields a ghastly last-minute defeat.

by Dick Friedman

Coach Aurich on the field in Harvard Football Stadium with players in red behind him

Football: Harvard 35 - Stetson-0

A new coaching tenure begins with a romp in the rain.

by Dick Friedman

Five Questions With Captain Shane McLaughlin ’25

Learn about the 150th captain of Harvard football.

by Dick Friedman

Coach Andrew Aurich standing in the center among a crowd of football players in the foreground

Harvard Football: New Season, New Coach

The 2024 Crimson preview 

by Dick Friedman

April fools graphic depicting a game with Harvard Against Michigan

Harvard, Ivies to join Big Ten

“Superconference” play begins in 2025-26 and will feature relegation.

by Dick Friedman

2015 Harvard Magazine cover

The End of Murphy Time

Harvard’s greatest football coach steps down.

by Dick Friedman

Map showing locations and description of Harvard’s ten-year construction plans on its Allston campus.

Harvard Previews Future Building Plans in Allston

Regulatory filing on the University’s next decade of construction expected this week

by Jonathan Shaw

Against Yale, sophomore quarter- back Jaden Craig turned to the air, completing 20 passes in 33 attempts for 245 yards and two touchdowns.

Back on Top

An Ivy title—dimmed by defeat in the Game

by Dick Friedman

Harvard player throws ball

Football: Yale 23-Harvard 18

A deflating ending fashions a three-way title tie.

by Dick Friedman