Editing Harvard University (section)

===Rivalries===
{{Further|Cornell–Harvard hockey rivalry|Harvard-Yale football rivalry}}
Harvard's athletic programs maintain a long-standing rivalry with [[Yale Bulldogs|Yale]] in all sports, especially in [[college football]], where [[Harvard Crimson football|Harvard]] and [[Yale Bulldogs football|Yale]] compete in an [[Harvard–Yale football rivalry|annual football rivalry]], which has played 139 times as of 2024, dating back to its first meeting in 1875.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bracken |first=Chris |date=November 17, 2017 |title=A game unlike any other |url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2017/11/17/a-game-unlike-any-other/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021215707/https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2017/11/17/a-game-unlike-any-other/ |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |access-date=September 9, 2020 |website=yaledailynews.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

Every two years, Harvard and Yale track and field teams come together to compete against a combined [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge]] team in the oldest continuous international amateur competition in the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yale and Harvard Defeat Oxford/Cambridge Team|url=http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/w-track/recaps/041009aac.html|publisher=Yale University Athletics|access-date=September 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013022655/http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/w-track/recaps/041009aac.html|archive-date=October 13, 2011}}</ref>

In [[Harvard Crimson men's ice hockey|men's ice hockey]], Harvard maintains a [[Cornell–Harvard hockey rivalry|historic rivalry]] with [[Cornell Big Red men's ice hockey|Cornell]], which dates back to their first meeting in 1910. The two teams play twice annually.

In [[Rugby union|men's rugby]], Harvard maintains a rivalry with [[McGill University|McGill]], as demonstrated by the biennial Harvard-McGill rugby games, alternately played in [[Montreal]] and Cambridge.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ruggers Set For Rivalry; McGill Comes to Town {{!}} Sports {{!}} The Harvard Crimson |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1987/10/30/ruggers-set-for-rivalry-mcgill-comes/ |access-date=2024-12-12 |website=www.thecrimson.com}}</ref>