Game Stories


Harvard Survives 35-34 Nail-Biter Against Holy Cross to Extend Winning Streak

Even Harvard head coach Andrew Aurich could barely watch the final seconds of the Crimson’s heart-stopping 35-34 victory over Holy Cross on Saturday. “I’m not gonna make it 30 years like Coach Murphy with those games like that,” Aurich said in a postgame interview with ESPN.


Craig Powers Harvard to First Ivy League Victory With 38-20 Win Over Cornell

Junior quarterback Jaden Craig threw four first half touchdowns as he powered Harvard to a 38-20 win over Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y., on Friday, earning the Crimson its first conference victory and its first win on the road.


Harvard Football Topples No. 16/21 UNH in Bounce-Back Win

After suffering a painful loss to Brown last week in their Ivy League season opener, Harvard’s football team flipped the script on Friday night to defeat the No. 16/21 University of New Hampshire Wildcats 28-23.


Harvard Drops Ivy League Opener to Brown After 4th-Quarter Collapse

The Brown Bears stunned the Crimson with less than 30 seconds on the clock in the fourth left after a bad snap and a key touchdown throw from Brown quarterback Jake Wilcock led to heartbreak for the Harvard team.


Harvard Football Silences Stetson 35-0 to Start Aurich Era With Statement Win

The Crimson washed out the Stetson Hatters 35-0 in the first game of the season, riding a first quarter offensive explosion to provide the team with a shutout victory in a season opener for the first time in 20 years.


Harvard Beats Princeton in Shutout to Advance to ECAC Quarterfinals

Harvard men’s ice hockey (7-17-6, 7-10-6 ECAC) shutout the Princeton Tigers (10-16-4, 8-11-3 ECAC) 1-0 in the single-elimination first round of the 2024 ECAC playoffs, moving on to the quarterfinals for a best of three second round playoff series.


Harvard Drops Last Home Contests Against Brown and Yale

Unable to bounce back from its  2-0 loss to Dartmouth last weekend, Harvard (5-20-2, 3-16-1 ECAC) women’s ice hockey lost both games of its double-header to Brown (11-13-3, 7-10-3 ECAC) and No. 14/RV Yale (14-12-1, 11-8-1 ECAC), 3-1 and 3-0, respectively.


Harvard Men’s Basketball Dominates Dartmouth 77-59, Improves to 3-4 in Ivy League Play

The Harvard men's basketball team clinched a decisive 77-59 win against the Dartmouth Big Green (5-15, 1-6 Ivy) on Saturday afternoon. The victory secured the team's fourth place standing in the Ivy Leage, seeing the program tied with Cornell.


Men’s Basketball Comes Back Against Columbia, 62-59, Overpowered by Cornell, 89-76

In the first weekend of back-to-back Ivy League games for the Crimson, Harvard came from behind against Columbia (11-8, 2-4 Ivy) to secure its second win in Ivy League play against a key rival, 62-59. In the second game of the weekend, Harvard was ultimately unable to keep up with the Big Red in the second half, who pulled away with its unique fast-paced style of play to return to Ithaca with a 89-76 win.


Harvard Men’s Hockey Loses Beanpot Semifinal 3-2 in Overtime Heartbreaker

Harvard men’s hockey (4-13-3, 4-8-3 ECAC) lost the 2024 Beanpot semifinal to the Northeastern Huskies (11-12-2, 6-11-0 HE) 3-2 in an overtime heartbreaker, after the Huskies netted the game-winning goal just 33 seconds into overtime.


Men's Tennis Clinches Victories against No. 11 Michigan, Northwestern, and UCLA

No. 12 Harvard men’s tennis (5-1) continued its hot start to the season with two decisive wins against UCLA (2-2) and Northwestern (1-5). Building on its momentum, the Crimson squad continued its dominance this past Friday, posting a decisive 6-1 victory against No. 11 Michigan (3-2).


Harvard Looks Past Loss Against Quinnipiac, Prepares for 71st Annual Beanpot

Harvard men’s ice hockey (4-13-3, 4-8-3 Ivy) lost 2-1 against one of its most difficult opponents of the season, No. 1 ECAC and No. 7 NCAA-ranked Quinnipiac, on Friday. The loss marked its second to the Bobcats this season, with the first coming from a decisive 6-0 shutout at Bright-Landry.


Mixed Performance for Women's Hockey against Union and Dartmouth

After suffering tough losses at No. 6 Cornell and No. 3 Colgate this past weekend, the Harvard Crimson (5-17-2) bounced back in New York against the Union Garnet Chargers (8-18-2) with a 3-1 victory on Wednesday night. Following the victory, the Crimson posted a loss to Dartmouth on Saturday, 0-2.


Harvard Women’s Ice Hockey Drops Two Games to Ranked Opponents on New York Roadtrip

The Harvard women’s ice hockey team (4-17-2, 2-13-1 ECAC), who dropped games to No. 6 Cornell (17-5-1, 12-4-0) and No. 4 Colgate (23-3-1, 14-1-0) earlier in the season, was once again bested by its ranked N.Y. rivals this past weekend 7-2 and 10-1, respectively.


Men’s Basketball Notches First Conference Win, Besting Penn 70-61

Following consecutive defeats in conference play, the Crimson (9-6, 0-2 Ivy) traveled to the “Cathedral of College Basketball” — the Palestra, home of all things college basketball in Philadelphia — in a highly anticipated conference matchup against the Penn Quakers (9-8, 1-1).


Harvard Women’s Basketball Defeats UPenn at Home Behind Strong Performances from Krupa and Turner

On Saturday, the Harvard women’s basketball team defeated the University of Pennsylvania (10-7, 2-2 Ivy) by a decisive 13 points, 69-56. The Crimson (10-7, 3-1 Ivy) was powered by its typical leading scorers, sophomore Katie Krupa and junior Harmoni Turner.


Harvard Men’s Basketball Comeback Comes Up Just Short, Falls to Brown 74-72

Despite rallying back from a deficit as great as 19 points to make it a single possession game, Harvard men’s basketball was unable to avoid a 74-72 defeat to Brown (5-12, 1-1 Ivy) in its Ivy home opener on Monday night at Lavietes Pavilion.


Harvard Falls to Princeton 72-49 At Home, Now 1-1 in Ivy League Play

Harvard women’s basketball (8-7, 1-1) dropped its first conference game of the 2023-2024 season in a 23-point blowout loss to Princeton.


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