Category: Harvard Crimson
Can the Ivy League Get Its Game Back?
Lackluster teams prompt calls for change; a new chief’s listening tour.
The schools of the Ivy League are among the nation’s finest and richest, with billions in endowments under their command. From law to business to medicine, they’re No. 1 in pract… more »
Harvard's Lewis Named To The College Hall of Fame
William H. Lewis was Walter Camp 1st team AA center in 1892 and 2nd team in '93
Harvard University center William Lewis, who played for the Crimson from 1892-93, has been inducted into The College Hall of Fame. Lewis is one of 16 former players and t… more »
Questions Remain After Spring Game
On a beautiful Saturday evening, fans of Harvard football got their first look at next fall’s edition of the Crimson in the annual intra-squad spring game at Harvard Stadium.
Unsurprisingly, the first unit, dressed in crimson, demolished its white co… more »
Harvard-Yale Rivalry Inspires Film
Rafferty film details Harvard-Yale showdown.
It’s called The Game for a reason.
The gridiron rivalry between Harvard and Yale — two schools famed for academic instead of athletic prowess — can be just as intense as more well-known football clashes… more »
Bakersfield Businessman Relives Epic Harvard-Yale Game in Film
A team thinks they walk on water. Can’t lose. Looks at opponents like new grass — something to walk on.
But no matter how mighty the bombast, stunning the uniforms or glowing the newspaper clips, oh how the mighty can fall.
No one knows that age-o… more »
Awards Banquet Season Always Brings out Some Interesting (FCS) Stories
All across the Southland, dozens of football players are being honored this month for their academic and athletic contributions.
The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame recognizes high school football players who demonstrate excelle… more »
At Last, a Big Game to Rile Delaware
Proximity, history could charge UD-DSU meetings.
The University of Delaware and Delaware State University have some catching up to do.
Football rivalries don't form overnight. But UD and DSU already have many of the ingredients to make this one sp… more »
Harvard Corner Aims to Improve Long Odds
Andrew Berry won’t sleep on NFL dream.
There is no good reason for Andrew Berry to be sweating on the workout floor at Mike Boyle’s Strength and Conditioning Center in Winchester on a cold Friday morning, but this isn’t a story about reason. It’s abo… more »
Third-String Rummy
The New Yorker has reservations about the inclusion of a third-string football player - and one season sprint football player - at the Ivy league dinner earlier this month.
By last Thursday night, with the changing of the guard in Washington complete… more »
Rain Keeps Eli Fans Away from Princeton Game
Yale won a decisive victory over Princeton at the Yale Bowl on Saturday, but most students were not there to see it.
Torrential downpours Saturday morning significantly reduced student turnout at the last home football game of the year — and, perhaps… more »
Crimson Escape With a Chance to Win Ivy
PHILADELPHIA - It was the leap of Ryan Barnes's life, making the play of his life in the game of his life.
The Harvard senior safety soared to glory, picking off Penn quarterback Keiffer Garton's desperation pass into the end zone with 10 seconds lef… more »
Harvard Plans to Clean the Green
Off the field, Harvard coach Tim Murphy and Dartmouth coach Buddy Teevens are the best of friends. After all, they attended the same junior high school, played on the same high school football team, and coached together at the University of Maine over t… more »
Boston Rules Change ‘The Game’
New regulations bring College alcohol policies into compliance with city for the annual Harvard-Yale game.
Boston has finally made good on a vow the police department made four years ago to bring the regulations on the Harvard-Yale tailgate in line w… more »
Fumble!: Crimson's Late Recovery agains Lehigh Preserves Win
After his team let potential victory slip through its hands in the final minute of a game for the third time this season, Lehigh football coach Andy Coen said: ''Sometimes what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.''
If that's the case then the Mounta… more »
Harvard Earns Payback Time against Mountain Hawks
Warren Hills' Mike Fitzgerald catches 2 TD passes in defeat.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The last time Harvard walked off the field at Harvard Stadium with a victory over Lehigh University in football, gas cost 31 cents a gallon, Jim Taylor was on his way to… more »