Harvard Athletics For the 141st time, Harvard and Yale will play football on Saturday afternoon down in the Yale Bowl. There’s an argument to be made that it’s the most important meeting in the history of ‘The Game’ rivalry. Or, at least in the last 116 years. Only in 1890 and 1909 were the stakes higher than they are this weekend. A quick Google search shows that in 1890, Harvard……
Well, this is it. For 14 of the 17 New England D1 programs, the regular season ends this Saturday. URI, CCSU, Harvard, Yale and UNH can all clinch postseason berths, although UNH might need a little help. BC is on a bye, UMass played on Tuesday night and UConn wraps up against FAU with a nine-win regular season on the line. New Haven finished its first D1 season two weeks…
Image courtesy of Holy Cross Athletics The Holy Cross program and its fan base find themselves in unfamiliar territory heading into Thanksgiving. Usually – at least for the last six years – Holy Cross was battling for the Patriot League title, or already making plans for the postseason. But, 2025 has been a rare down year and there will be no playoff appearance for Dan Curran’s crew after this Saturday….
It sort of feels like a win-and-in situation for UNH this weekend. But, if they can beat rival Maine convincingly – much like URI did a week ago – then it should almost guarantee them a spot in the FCS playoffs. The Wildcats are 7-4, 5-2 in the ultra-competitive CAA and looking to make it 17 of the last 21 seasons in the postseason. UNH has also won four straight…
It’s pretty simple. After making the playoffs last year for the first time in three decades, No. 9 Rhode Island has a chance to make it back-to-back years on Saturday. If the Rams (9-2, 7-0 CAA) can take care of business against 2-9 Hampton, they would clinch conference title outright and the automatic berth into the FCS 24-team bracket. There’s a good chance the Rams would still get an at-large…
Image courtesy of ESPN By Ryan Barry NEFJ Staff Kickoff: The UMass Minutemen head to Athens, Ohio to take on the Ohio Bobcats in what will be their final road trip of the season. On the heels of another blowout 45-3 loss last week against Northern Illinois, the Minutemen have just two opportunities left to notch a win this season. 1st Down: The quarterback carousel continued its everspinning wheel last week with…
Some big time performances this past weekend as teams battle down the stretch for their playoff lives. Others set records despite playing out the string. Here’s the best of the best from Week 12: Lewis Bond gets to start this one off. Bond caught eight balls for 106 yards in the BC loss to Georgia Tech, breaking the single-season catch record of 78 and the all-time receptions record that stood…
We’ve got postseason chaos reigning supreme heading into the final weekend of the season for our FCS programs. UMass continues MACtion this week, UConn has a chance to close the year with nine wins and BC is on a bye. Here’s how the New England landscape looks heading into Week 13: 1. Harvard (9-0) – Wild win vs. Penn sets up winner-take-all vs. Yale in The Game. 2. UConn (8-3)…
A wild Week 12 sets up an epic finish to the season next week. Here’s everything else not on the front page of the site that you may have missed around New England: Rhode Island 45, Maine 13 The No. 9 Rams clinched at least a share of their second straight CAA title with a dominant performance up in Orono. URI (9-2, 7-0) took down a Maine team that had…
SMITHFIELD- New Hampshire scored on their first two possessions to build an early 14-0 lead en route to an easy 42-14 win over the Bryant Bulldogs in Smithfield.
Big plays were the theme for the Wildcats on Saturday, something that has been elusive at times this season. New Hampshire opened the scoring with a 35 yard touchdown pass from sophomore quarterback Matt Vezza to wide receiver Casey McKinney. The Wildcats would add to their lead on their next possession when Vezza would find tight end Peyton Strickland in the right flat for a 5 yard touchdown pass to make it 14-0.