Football

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

Harvard football player in a white uniform runs towards the end zone, with a cheering crowd in the background.

Harvard Football: Harvard 35, Princeton 14

Still undefeated after subduing the Tigers, the Crimson await Dartmouth.

by Dick Friedman

In Harvard Yard, workers unload gigantic heads of lettuce and other greens from a truck prominently labeled United Farm Workers as students celebrate the University's decision to support the union workers by buying only UFW-certified produce.

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Football player Chubb Peabody, in pads and helmet, charges forward.

Harvard Great Performances: Endicott Peabody ’42

1941: “Chub” Peabody ’42 bottles up “Barnacle Bill.”

by Dick Friedman

Harvard Great Performances: Terence Patterson ’00

1999: Terence Patterson ’00 and his four scores

by Dick Friedman

Harvard Football Great Performances: Barry Wood ’32

October 19, 1929: Barry Wood Beats Army, 20-20

by Dick Friedman

Andrew Berry stands at a podium.

Andrew Berry, Browns’ G.M., profiled by Dick Friedman

Football-tested and data-centric, Andrew Berry takes the helm in Cleveland.

by Dick Friedman

How Harvard Handled the 1918 Flu Pandemic

Fall semester interrupted, a century ago

by Matteo Wong

At Home with Harvard: Crimson Sports Illustrated

With 2020 winter sports ending early and the spring collegiate season wiped out almost entirely, we look back at some Crimson highlights from past years. 

Alumnus Paul Lee ’46 carries the (replica) Little Red Flag at the 2012 Harvard-Yale game. Steve Goodhue ’51 is beside him; Spencer Ervin ’54 and Jeff Lee ’74 stand behind.

Who next will carry the (replica) Little Red Flag?

Are you eligible to carry the (replica) Little Red Flag?

Drawing of Harvard and Oregon football players at the Rose Bowl, with the goalposts depicted at two long-stemmed red roses with a bar between them

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Headlines from Harvard’s history

Photograph: With Yale’s Melvin Rouse II in vain pursuit, Harvard’s Aidan Borguet heads for the goal line.

Harvard football season wrap-up

Dreadful defeats—and a heartbreaking Game—produced the Crimson’s first losing season of the century.

by Dick Friedman