CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard Football's annual contest vs. Yale is set for a 3:30 p.m. ET kickoff on ESPNU, ESPN announced today. The 142^nd edition of The Game will take place on Saturday, Nov. 21, at Fenway Park, the home of Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox.
 
The Crimson and Bulldogs will reconvene at Fenway Park for the first time since 2018. That season, Harvard broke a 7-7 tie in the second quarter and never looked back en route to a 45-27 victory. Tickets for this year's rivalry game are on sale now at GoCrimson.com.
 
Harvard, meanwhile, is coming off winning its third straight Ivy League title and earning an NCAA FCS Playoff at-large berth in 2025. The Crimson finished the year at 9-2 (6-1 Ivy) and appeared in both final top-25 polls (No. 20 – Stats Perform, No. 23 – AFCA Coaches) after rising to as high as No. 7 in the Stats Perform rankings.
 
The Crimson will be led in 2026 by team captain and running back Xaviah Bascon, along with four All-America candidates in Spencer Doan (OL), Damien Henderson (DB), Thomas O'Brien (OL) and Sean Line (LB). All five players were All-Ivy League selections in '25, with Doan, O'Brien and Line earning first-team accolades. Bascon and Henderson, meanwhile, were second-team picks.
 
Harvard will open the 2026 campaign on Sept. 19, when it faces 2025 NCAA Playoff participant New Hampshire on the road. After playing at Brown the following week (Sept. 26), the Crimson will make its home debut on Oct. 3, vs. Colgate. Season tickets for the 2026 home schedule are available at GoCrimson.com.