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President Alan M. Garber sitting in historic Holyoke Chair during his installation

John Harvard's Journal | March-April 2025

News in Brief

President Garber’s private installation, settling antisemitism suits, challenging institutional neutrality, and more

Senior Day: Sean Ahern (6) and other members of the class of 2016 were honored before their final Harvard Stadium game. There also was a moment of silence to commemorate the victims of Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris.

Sports & Athletics |

Football: Penn 35, Harvard 25

Heading into the season’s final week, the Crimson is part of a three-way tie for first place. 

by Dick Friedman

Crimson ball! Harvard sophomore Jack Stansell pounced on a fumbled punt at the Columbia 13. The turnover set up a 40-yard field goal by sophomore Kenny Smart.

Sports & Athletics |

Football: Harvard 24, Columbia 16

Against the improved Lions, a narrow escape from New York

by Dick Friedman

Sports & Athletics |

Football: Harvard 14, Dartmouth 13

Harvard squeezes by Dartmouth, 14-13, for its twenty-first straight win.

by Dick Friedman

Sports & Athletics |

Football: Harvard 42, Princeton 7

Harvard buries Princeton with a “swarm of points,” 42-7

by Dick Friedman

Harvard senior linebacker Eric Medes (49) had a team-high seven tackles and a sack of Leopard quarterback Drew Reed.

Sports & Athletics |

Football: Harvard 42, Lafayette 0

On a sparklingly cold day, the Crimson numbed the Leopards. 

by Dick Friedman

John Harvard's Journal | November-December 2015

Rolling Along

Formidable early-season football

by Dick Friedman

Photo of Harvard football players heading onto the field

Features | November-December 2015

Murphy Time

Harvard’s greatest football coach—and one of the best anywhere

by Dick Friedman

Ben Braunecker got the Crimson on the scoreboard in the first quarter with a 47-yard catch-and-run.

Sports & Athletics |

Football: Harvard 40, Cornell 3

A semblance of a competitive game becomes a rout.

by Dick Friedman

Sports & Athletics |

Football: Harvard 45, Georgetown 0

With a seventeenth-straight victory, coach Tim Murphy announces, “The preseason is over.”

by Dick Friedman

Sports & Athletics |

Football: Harvard 53, Brown 27

The Crimson’s first Ivy contest proved “one of those days when we got on a roll.”

by Dick Friedman