Athletics

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

Harvard Football: Harvard 34, Cornell 10

The Crimson stays unbeaten following a hard fight with the Big Red

by Dick Friedman

Big D

Defensive prowess helps the football team to a share of the Ivy crown.

by Bethell, John T

Harvard football versus Yale

By defeating Yale, Harvard shares the Ivy League crown with Brown.

Harvard football and soccer previews

Football and soccer previews...

Storybook Ending

Rebounding from a rocky start, the football team defeated its first six Ivy League opponents and scripted a stunning finale by routing a...

by Bethell, John T

Yale beats Harvard in 2006 game

The Yale bulldog, muzzled by Harvard for five straight years, broke loose at the Stadium on November 18 and went on a tear. Closing out an Ivy...

by Bethell, John T

Challenges on the Field and Off

Beset by an ugly string of off-season incidents, the football team sought to make amends on the playing field. After pounding Holy Cross, 31-14...

by Bethell, John T

Harvard football completes undefeated season in 2004

Routing Penn and Yale in the pivotal games of a history-making season, the football team finished 10-0, won the Ivy League championship, and...

by Bethell, John T

Harvard football 2003 midseason wrap

De profundis: Whatever else the football team may accomplish this fall, its second-half comeback in the season's Ivy League opener at Brown...

by Bethell, John T

A review of the 2003 Harvard's football 2003 season

Ryan Fitzpatrick '05, the football team's multi-talented quarterback, is a gamer. After breaking a bone in his throwing hand in the season's...

by Bethell, John T

Ryan Fitzpatrick: The best Harvard quarterback since Barry Wood '32?

What's up with Ryan Fitzpatrick? Might this soft-spoken junior from Arizona be the most talented quarterback to play football for Harvard since...

by Bethell, John T