Football
'Love First': How RuQuan Brown Bounces Back and Makes a Difference
"Studying love is an everyday experience. When you study love, you’ll realize what you need to put first. If I could share anything, if there’s any lesson, if there’s anything about me, it’s one love.”
Multi-Positional Star
Brown takes the field for Roosevelt High School, where he starred for three years prior to coming to Harvard.
Podcast: The River Rundown Ep. 5 with Tennessee Titans TE Anthony Firkser '17
In Episode 5 of The River Rundown, we talk with Tennessee Titans tight end Anthony Firkser '17 about his career in Cambridge, his difficult journey to make an NFL roster, and his success with the Titans so far these last three years. We touch on Firk's memorable individual performance against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots in the playoffs, and the Harvard football fraternity in the NFL.
Around the Ivies: One Last Time
Maybe it’s just the graduation goggles, but I realized that I don’t need football to do one of my favorite things as a Crimson reporter: write my Around the Ivies column. Although it may be harder to berate the Brown football program — don’t worry, I still will — the Ancient Eight is still alive even without sports. So without further ado, let’s take one last trip Around the Ivies.
Born in the Darkness
Yale celebrated an instant classic over Harvard under the cover of darkness, the lack of light perhaps signaling the lost season to come.
The Path Less Taken: Tyler Ott ‘14’s Road to First NFL Pro Bowl Selection
This NFL season marks the first time that two Harvard football alumni have been selected to the Pro Bowl (the NFL’s all-star contest) in the same year. Harvard tight end and pro fullback Kyle Juszczyk ‘13 of the San Francisco 49ers and Ott of the Seattle Seahawks—former teammates—earned selections to “play” virtually in the Pro Bowl this Sunday, January 31.
Not Just TDs (FGs Too)
Tyler Ott ’14, wearing number 82, blocks the Princeton defensive line with the rest of the Crimson kicking unit after delivering the snap to kicker Andrew Flesher ’15 in a 2013 contest at Harvard Stadium.
3 TDs in 3 OTs
Tight end and long snapper Tyler Ott ’14 heads for the end zone on Harvard’s home turf against Princeton. Despite eventually falling to the Tigers 51-48 in this triple-overtime thriller on October 26, 2013—the Crimson’s only loss of Ott’s senior season—Ott finished the game with three touchdowns, tying the program record for single-game touchdown receptions.
Brate '14 Set to Appear in Super Bowl LV, Marking Back-to-Back Years with Harvard Alum in Game
Cameron Brate, tight end for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is set to become just the sixth Crimson alum to play in the Super Bowl. Harvard has now been represented on the biggest stage two consecutive years, thanks to its increasing talent, especially at the tight end position.
The Juice Got Loose
Kyle Juszczyk '13 became the first Harvard player to ever score a touchdown in the Super Bowl with his 15-yard receiving score in Super Bowl LIV for the San Francisco 49ers.
The Biggest Stage
Cameron Brate '14 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will become just the sixth Harvard player in history to appear in the Super Bowl.
First-Year Linebacker Considers Amateur MMA Fighting in Place of Spring Semester
“I’ve started training in fighting again, and I am ready to compete again,” Locnikar said. “I am planning on having five fights in this next semester.”
Contact Sport to Combat Sport
First-year Brock Locnikar poses in Harvard Stadium, but he hopes to take the field as a player soon. Until then, he will be taking on a different kind of contact sport: mixed martial arts.
Researchers Create Tracker for Football-Related Coronavirus Spread
Researchers have designed a new tool that focuses on a particular potential superspreader event: football games.
Harvard Running Back Devin Darrington Announces Transfer to Virginia
Senior running back Devin Darrington, Harvard’s leading rusher from last season, announced his transfer to the University of Virginia. The Maryland native will graduate from Harvard in the spring and be eligible to play as a graduate transfer for Virginia immediately in the fall of 2021.
An Early Farewell
Senior running back Devin Darrington, pictured above in his final game in a Harvard uniform, announced his transfer to the University of Virginia.
Harvard Running Back Devin Darrington Enters Transfer Portal
Senior Crimson running back Devin Darrington has officially entered the transfer portal in the face of the Ivy League’s cancelled fall sports season. The standout rusher led the team’s powerful rushing attack last season with 102 carries for 734 yards, adding seven touchdowns as well.
Last Dance?
Senior running back Devin Darrington carries the ball against Yale in what may prove to be his final game in a Harvard uniform.
The Game for the Ages: Football vs. Yale, Heartbreak of the Year
With four minutes remaining in the 4th quarter, The Game was Harvard’s to lose.
Catch Him if You Can: Aidan Borguet vs. Yale, Individual Performance of the Year
The game proceeded into near-darkness as a result of the delay and the 105-year-old Yale Bowl’s deficiency in the area of lighting fixtures. The Bulldogs overcame a 17-point deficit and completed the comeback with a victory in the second overtime. And, Harvard’s unassuming first-year running back Aidan Borguet set the rushing record and tied the scoring record for the historic rivalry.
Lights Out
Yale pulled out its heart-wrenching comeback amidst the cover of darkness thanks to the Yale Bowl's lack of lights.
Four-of-a-Kind
Borguet speeds past defenders into the Yale endzone, one of four times he would do so in his dominating performance.
Football's Shanahan to Play for Defending National Champs LSU as Graduate Transfer
Harvard senior Liam Shanahan will be joining the defending-champion Tigers next season as a graduate transfer. The Marlborough, Mass., native will use his final year of eligibility in Baton Rouge whenever the college football season begins.