Football

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

John Harvard's Journal | March-April 2025

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

John Harvard's Journal | January-February 2004

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...

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John Harvard's Journal | November-December 2003

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

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John Harvard's Journal | November-December 2002

In a shootout between the defending champions of the Ivy and Patriot Leagues, the football team fell to Lehigh, 36-35, in the final minute of...

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John Harvard's Journal | January-February 2002

After a pair of 5-5 seasons sullied by inopportune turnovers and second-half meltdowns, head football coach Tim Murphy took a new pedagogical...

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John Harvard's Journal | November-December 2001

An impressive win at the outset of what will be a slightly truncated season gave grounds for optimism about the football team's Ivy League...

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| 1.1.2001

Football dreams intercepted

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| 11.1.2000

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| 1.1.2000

The big hit of the New York theater season in 1894 was William Gillette's Too Much Johnson. It was a farce, but when it was revived at Yale Bowl...

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