Dear Harvard Community,

On behalf of our football program, I would like to thank the entire Harvard community for an incredible response to the Harvard-Yale Game and ESPN’s College GameDay being on campus last weekend. The support and energy from our community carried us to our 16th Ivy League championship and a perfect 10-0 season.

It was truly a special ending to an unbelievable fall, and we could not have done it without the support of our entire community. Our students, alumni, administrators and athletic staff are second to none, and our players, coaches and football staff appreciate the support of everyone that made their way to Dillon Quad and Harvard Stadium on Saturday.

We are truly grateful for the opportunity to showcase our program so well on a national stage. It was an amazing atmosphere the entire day, beginning with the students camped out in the morning trying to get their signs on College GameDay through the incredible ending when thousands of fans rushed the field after we defeated Yale for the eighth-straight season.

We can’t thank you enough for the incredible support that you showed us all year, and it was truly amazing to see the culmination of a perfect season at home before a sold out crowd on national television. It does not get sweeter than capping a 10-0 season at home, while our campus was the center of the college football universe last weekend.

To the students, band, cheer teams, faculty, staff and all members of our community at Harvard, THANK YOU!

Congratulations on another exciting season! Happy Thanksgiving! And Go Crimson!

Tim Murphy 

Thomas Stephenson Family Coach of Harvard Football