The first Friday night game at Harvard Stadium attracted a crowd of 20,462, and senior quarterback Chris Pizzotti sent the spectators into the night buzzing, throwing for 370 yards as the Crimson roared back with 19 fourth-quarter points to beat Holy Cr… more »

Despite facing a storied opponent with a stunning 110-22-2 record in season openers, under the lights of the oldest football stadium in America, Holy Cross felt pretty confident about its chances when kickoff rolled around last night. Those hopes wer… more »

Ivy League football should have a few more fans from the local area this season as teams open play on Saturday. It's not just Palo Alto grad Nathan Ford's league any more. Ford remains the top local athlete in the Division I non-scholarship conferenc… more »

NEW HAVEN - — For some at Yale, the sting of the season-ending loss to Harvard faded in weeks. Others have held on to it a bit longer. "Getting over it?" left guard Stephen Morse said. "I don't know if I really have." The burden for Yale is that t… more »

Are you ready for some football? I know I am. It is always a long, almost painful wait before Ivy League football season starts. And while the pros and D-I college ball are acceptable substitutes for the time being, there’s nothing like cheering for… more »

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- College football is a multibillion-dollar business. Television networks pay the Bowl Championship Series conferences millions of dollars to broadcast their games on an annual basis. Record attendance figures are being set every year… more »

Ryan Fitzpatrick, the Bengals backup quarterback with starting numbers this preseason, even keeps impressing the kid back in Wayland, Mass., who already has his Harvard jersey hanging in his room. Conor Murphy called his dad over to the computer the… more »

Allston-Brighton - Neighbors are up in arms about the potential noise problems and added parking congestion that may spill over onto Allston streets during Harvard University’s night game scheduled for next month. The Sept. 19 football game against H… more »

Ivy Leaguer Tad Crawford enjoys getting his hands dirty. Football players talk about "takin' it to the house." But Tad Crawford is different. He talks about designing the house. The architecture major from Columbia hasn't allowed his hallowed Ivy… more »

NEW HAVEN — The timing wasn’t only impeccable, it was deliciously ironic. On the 40th anniversary of the season where the Harvard and Yale football teams played the most famous tie in college football history, the long-time rivals finished in a tie a… more »

NEW HAVEN — Before college football put in the overtime rule in 1996, an occasional Ivy League game ended in a tie. But preseason news media polls ending in ties? Twice in nine years? In 2000, Yale and Cornell tied for first place in the Ivy preseaso… more »

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Despite returning the largest senior class in the Ivy League, the Cornell football team was picked to finish sixth in the league's preseason media poll, which was released Tuesday morning at the annual media day festivities at Yale Go… more »

MISSISSAUGA -- When the Indianapolis Colts released Scarborough native Clifton Dawson over the weekend, there was speculation he could end up with the Toronto Argonauts. Dawson is a Canadian running back. And Toronto, which drafted him in the sixth r… more »

James Williams didn't get onto the field for a varsity snap as a freshman at Harvard. As a sophomore, he made what Crimson coach Tim Murphy called "a quantum leap." The 6-foot-6, 285-pound lineman from Newton started all 10 games at left tackle la… more »

Backup quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick's 43-yard touchdown pass to a diving Jerome Simpson said as much about Fitzpatrick as it did the rookie receiver. Fitzpatrick spent some time with receivers coach Mike Sheppard at dinner before the scrimmage and on… more »