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.
Harvard beats Yale to win share of Ivy championship
A win in the Bowl seals a share of the Ivy championship.
Penn snaps Harvard’s win streak, 35-25
Heading into the season’s final week, the Crimson is part of a three-way tie for first place.
Against the improved Lions, Harvard manages an escape from New York, 24-16
Against the improved Lions, a narrow escape from New York
Harvard squeezes by Dartmouth, 14-13, for twenty-first straight win
Harvard squeezes by Dartmouth, 14-13, for its twenty-first straight win.
Harvard buries Princeton with a “swarm of points,” 42-7
Harvard buries Princeton with a “swarm of points,” 42-7
Harvard football squad numbs Lafayette’s Leopards, 42-0
On a sparklingly cold day, the Crimson numbed the Leopards.
Harvard football rolls out a formidable early season
Formidable early-season football
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.”