By Mukala Kabongo NEFJ Correspondent CAMBRIDGE – Harvard is now driver’s seat for the outright Ivy League crown after a dominant 35-7 victory over rival Princeton on Saturday. The 17th-ranked Crimson (5-0, 3-0 Ivy League) have the inside track to the league’s second ever automatic FCS playoff berth as well, while the Tigers dropped to 4-2 overall and 2-1 in the league. “They’re a good team but we played really…

With four seconds left and trailing Colgate 17-14 on Saturday night, Harvard lined up for a long 54-yard field goal to try and send the game to overtime. Then, there was the false start that might have saved an unbeaten season. The Crimson backed up five yards and had no choice but to try a desperation Hail Mary in the final seconds. Sophomore QB Charlie Smith slid left, planted his…

Image courtesy of Harvard Athletics By Mike Sidhly NEFJ Correspondent PAWTUCKET – As the rain fell in the 125th meeting between No. 25 Harvard and Brown on Friday night, Crimson defensive back Xaden Benson put on one of the best defensive performances in school history. The junior accounted for four total turnovers and became the first Harvard player since 2008 to corral three interceptions. Benson’s defensive fortitude along with an…

Image courtesy of Harvard Athletics By Allen Lessels NEFJ Contributor DURHAM, N.H. – Harvard football coach Andrew Aurich swears by the importance of a football game’s “middle eight” – the last four minutes of the first half and first four of the second half. The Crimson confirmed Aurich’s assessment on Saturday, particularly on the front end. Harvard got a pair of quick-strike touchdowns from freshman wide receiver Nate Bailey in the…

By Mike Sidhly NEFJ Correspondent Quarterback battles are some of the most polarizing situations in sports and that’s exactly what’s brewing over in Cambridge. Harvard – a year after making the FCS playoffs for the first time in history – is looking to return to glory after star QB Jaden Craig led them to a 10-2 record last season. Now, Craig is off to TCU to play Power Four football…

On Tuesday afternoon, Harvard announces some future opponents in some significant matchups. As if the Ivy League wasn’t already tough enough, playing tougher non-conference schedules now is the path towards possibly earning an at-large bid in the FCS postseason. Yale took the Ivy’s first ever automatic berth last season, but because Harvard was able to take care of business in its non-league games, Andrew Zurich’s team also earned its first…

CAMBRIDGE – The winds of change have swept through Harvard over the last few years, but the program has largely remained the same. Andrew Aurich has been able to continue the historic success Tim Murphy achieved with the Crimson for so many years, and the ring ceremony following the spring game on Saturday was just a small example of it. On the field throughout a blustery morning inside historic Harvard…

CAMBRIDGE – By 7:35, 7:40ish on what was a December-like Saturday morning, Harvard players were trickling out on the field inside the historic stadium. There was a unique energy to this particular spring practice because it was the first one following spring break. Head coach Andrew Aurich was looking for his squad to pick up where it left off before break and for two hours, it looked like the Crimson…