Dick Friedman

Dick Friedman ’73 spent two decades as an editor and writer at Sports Illustrated and is one of the editors of the best-selling SI College Football Book. He is the author of the 2018 book "The Coach Who Strangled the Bulldog: How Harvard's Percy Haughton Beat Yale and Reinvented Football. Friedman grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, and first attended a game at Harvard Stadium in 1958.
Harvard football players in red jerseys defending against Dartmouth's Hail Mary pass, ensuring victory.

John Harvard's Journal | January-February 2025

Harvard Football's 2024 Season and the Harvard-Yale Game

A shared Ivy football championship, after a loss in The Game

Harvard player #39 tackles Yale player

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Harvard Football: Yale 34-Harvard 29

A dispiriting Game yields a second straight three-way title tie.

Harvard player #16 runs with the ball with Penn players in pursuit

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Harvard Football: Harvard 31- Penn 28

A relief pitcher leads the Crimson to a title share. And now…The Game!

Harvard player #1 prepares to throw the ball

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Harvard Football: Harvard 26-Columbia 6

The Crimson throttles the Lions and keeps a hold on first place.

Several Harvard and Dartmouth players in end zone pursuing an air bound ball

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Harvard Football: Harvard 31-Dartmouth 27

A fourth-quarter rally vaults the Crimson into first place.

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Harvard Football: Harvard 45-Princeton 13

The Crimson emphatically snaps a six-game losing streak to the Tigers

Holy Cross player attempts to tackle Harvard player 1 who is running with ball

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Harvard Football Harvard 35-Holy Cross 34

The Crimson outlasts the Crusaders. Next up: Princeton

Harvard player #81 runs with the ball towards the end zone with Cornell player #9 in pursuit

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Harvard Football- Harvard 38-Cornell 20

A torrent of touchdowns in the second quarter keys the first Ivy win

Harvard linebacker tackles Stetson player while a teammate assists during a football game.

John Harvard's Journal | November-December 2024

"Harvard Football Begins New Era: Coach Andrew Aurich Leads Crimson in 150th Season with Highs and Lows

New coach, new season, and early football ups and downs

Harvard player 6 runs with the ball as UNH player attempts to tackle him

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Harvard Football- Harvard 28-New Hampshire 23

A solid bounce-back win against a rugged nonconference foe

Harvard player 11 runs with the ball with other Harvard players fending off Brown players

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Harvard Football-Brown 31- Harvard 28

The first Ivy game yields a ghastly last-minute defeat.

Coach Aurich on the field in Harvard Football Stadium with players in red behind him

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Football: Harvard 35 - Stetson-0

A new coaching tenure begins with a romp in the rain.