Harvard Crimson

Harvard Crimson
Harvard Crimson
University	Harvard University
Conference	Ivy League (primary); ECAC Hockey; EIWA (wrestling); NEISA (sailing); EISA (skiing); CSA (squash); CWPA (women's water polo); NWPC (men's water polo)
NCAA	Division I (FCS)
Athletic director	Erin McDermott
Location	Boston, Massachusetts
Varsity teams	42 teams
Football stadium	Harvard Stadium
Basketball arena	Lavietes Pavilion
Ice hockey arena	Bright-Landry Hockey Center
Baseball stadium	Joseph J. O'Donnell Field
Soccer stadium	Jordan Field, Ohiri Field
Lacrosse stadium	Harvard Stadium
Rowing venue	Newell Boathouse, Weld Boathouse
Sailing venue	Harvard Sailing Center
Mascot	John Harvard
Nickname	Crimson
Fight song	"Ten Thousand Men of Harvard"
Colors	Crimson, white, and black;
Website	gocrimson.com

The Harvard Crimson is the nickname of the college sports teams of Harvard College. The school's teams compete in NCAA Division I. As of 2013, there were 42 Division I intercollegiate varsity sports teams for women and men at Harvard, more than at any other NCAA Division I college in the country.^[3] Like the other Ivy League colleges, Harvard does not offer athletic scholarships.^[4]

Athletics at Harvard began in 1780 when the sophomores challenged the freshmen to a wrestling tournament with the losers buying dinner. Since its historic boat race against archrival Yale in 1852, Harvard has been in the forefront of American intercollegiate sports. Its football team conceived the modern version of the game and devised essentials ranging from the first concrete stadium to a scoreboard to uniform numbers to signals.^[5] Originally inspired by varsity matches between Oxford University and Cambridge University in England, Harvard and Yale have influenced the development of college sports in the United States.^[6]

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^ Baseball: O'Donnell Field Archived November 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Harvard University Athletics official website. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
^ "Color Scheme" (PDF). Harvard Athletics Brand Identity Guide. July 27, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
^ "Women's Rugby Becomes 42nd Varsity Sport at Harvard University - Harvard". Gocrimson.com. August 9, 2012. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
^ The Harvard Guide: Financial Aid at Harvard Archived September 2, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
^ A Brief History of Athletics at Harvard
^ Smith, Ronald Austin (1988). Sports and Freedom: The Rise of Big-time College Athletics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-506582-4. Perhaps more than any other two colleges, Harvard and Yale gave form to American intercollegiate athletics--a form that was inspired by the Oxford-Cambridge rivalry overseas, and that was imitated by colleges and universities throughout the United States. Focusing on the influence of these prestigious eastern institutions, this fascinating study traces the origins and development of intercollegiate athletics in America from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century.

[ODonnellField-2] Baseball: O'Donnell Field Archived November 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Harvard University Athletics official website. Retrieved January 16, 2011.

[3] "Color Scheme" (PDF). Harvard Athletics Brand Identity Guide. July 27, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.

[4] "Women's Rugby Becomes 42nd Varsity Sport at Harvard University - Harvard". Gocrimson.com. August 9, 2012. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2015.

[5] The Harvard Guide: Financial Aid at Harvard Archived September 2, 2006, at the Wayback Machine

[6] A Brief History of Athletics at Harvard

[7] Smith, Ronald Austin (1988). Sports and Freedom: The Rise of Big-time College Athletics. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-506582-4. Perhaps more than any other two colleges, Harvard and Yale gave form to American intercollegiate athletics--a form that was inspired by the Oxford-Cambridge rivalry overseas, and that was imitated by colleges and universities throughout the United States. Focusing on the influence of these prestigious eastern institutions, this fascinating study traces the origins and development of intercollegiate athletics in America from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century.

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