Football

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

Illustration for Harvard Lampoon cover showing a Harvard-Yale football game rendered in the style of the famous Bayeux Tapestry

The College Pump | November-December 2023

Football: The Tapestry

David C.K. McClelland’s famous Lampoon cover

by Craig Lambert

Charles Brickley, 1914

Features | November-December 2023

Harvard’s G.O.A.T.

Remembering Charlie Brickley at the Crimson’s football sesquicentennial

by Dick Friedman

Harvard sophomore safety Ty Bartrum runs an intercepted St. Thomas pass back 96 yards for a touchdown.

John Harvard's Journal | November-December 2023

Exceeding Expectations

Footballers’ fast, impressive start

by Dick Friedman

Harvard football player tackles Cornell linebacker who has the ball

Sports & Athletics |

Football 2023: Harvard 41-Cornell 23

The Crimson stays unbeaten as Murphy ties a record.

by Dick Friedman

Holy Cross player has ball and Harvard players try to tackle with additional Holy Cross players in pursuit

Sports & Athletics |

Football 2023: Harvard 38-Holy Cross 28

The Crimson springs a major upset.

by Dick Friedman

Harvard Football player 29 runs with football with Brown players running after along with other Harvard players

Sports & Athletics |

Football 2023: Harvard 34-Brown 31

The Crimson outlasts the Bears in an Ivy nighttime shootout.

by Dick Friedman

Harvard football player 21 runs with ball towards a touchdown with St. Thomas players pursuing

Sports & Athletics |

Football 2023: Harvard 45-University of St. Thomas 13

For Crimson football, another opener (its 149th!), another show

by Dick Friedman

Football field

Sports & Athletics |

Harvard Football: 2023 Season Preview

Celebrating the Crimson’s sesquicentennial

by Dick Friedman

Two students pose in Harvard Stadium. One holds a basketball and the other holds a soccer ball.

University People | July-August 2023

Striving for the Straus Cup

The students who keep competition friendly

by Max J. Krupnick

Harvard’s Truman Jones (90) and Khalil Dawsey corral Yale running back Joshua Pitsenberger.

John Harvard's Journal | January-February 2023

Ups and Downs

Kings of the road, the football team struggled at home—and in The Game.

by Dick Friedman