Football

Coverage of Harvard’s football season, from historic rivalries to championship runs.

Crimson Football: Harvard 30, Holy Cross 7

After a 5-0 start, the Crimson girds for the battle of Ivy unbeatens.

by Dick Friedman

Crimson Football 2018: Harvard 45, Yale 27

On the fiftieth anniversary of That Game, Harvard really does beat Yale. 

by Dick Friedman

29-29: Reliving The Game

The immediate post-Game coverage, and an update on that famous headline

Crimson Football 2018: Harvard 29, Penn 7

A bludgeoning victory in the season’s final road game

by Dick Friedman

Crimson Football 2018: Harvard 52, Columbia 18

A Senior Day, and game, to celebrate

by Dick Friedman

Crimson Football 2018: Dartmouth 24, Harvard 17

For the third time against a tough foe, too little, too late.

by Dick Friedman

Crimson Football 2018: Harvard 21, Princeton 29

Harvard gives the Tigers a good game. 

by Dick Friedman

Dick Friedman on early season Harvard football

The early season holds no easy wins for Harvard football.

by Dick Friedman

A melting pot: Harvard’s 1968 football team

How the Crimson squad from the immortal ’68 Game revealed a transforming Harvard

by George Howe Colt

Crimson Football 2018: Harvard 33, Holy Cross 31

A loss turns into a win—just in the kick of time.

by Dick Friedman