Aside from intramural flag football last year, I have never played a down of football. However, I study fantasy football more than most of my classes and I promise this column will be honest above all. If I'm wrong, I'll admit it. For example, I was high on Rueben Randle, the New York Giants' ...
Had Chris Borland been a marquee player, his retirement -- premature, perhaps, at 24 -- would have been a thunderclap. Parents would have unenrolled their children in Pop Warner in legion, desiccating collegiate pipelines and thereby bringing the NFL to its knees. But Chris Borland, though dependable ...
Tufts traveled to Middlebury on Saturday for its last game of the season, but the visiting Jumbos were unable to defeat the Panthers and their high-powered offense.“We had some injuries early in the second half,” coach Jay Civetti said. "[Defensive backs sophomore Mike] Stearns and [sophomore ...
Saturday will mark the end of the season for the Tufts football team. The upcoming game against Middlebury will be a bittersweet affair for the Jumbos, especially for the seniors, who may never have another opportunity to play organized tackle football.“Senior leadership [has been crucial all year]," ...
Saturday was senior day for the Jumbos, who managed to earn their most complete victory of the season despite playing the game in a heavy rain. The wind was blowing 20-30 miles per hour throughout the game, and the three-and-a-half quarters' worth of rain nearly flooded Ellis Oval. Despite the ...
The Tufts football team will be playing its final home game of the season on Saturday against the Colby Mules who are currently 1-5. The Jumbos have yet to lose a game at Zimman Field this year, and statistically speaking, the team has been consistently much better than its upcoming opponents. “We ...
Coming off of an important home win over Williams, Tufts traveled to Pratt Field to take on the undefeated Amherst Lord Jeffs. Searching for its first road win, the Jumbos' offense struggled throughout and the team fell by a score of 30-3.It was family weekend at Amherst, and the team was able ...
The Tufts football team continued to prove its skeptics wrong with its seven point win over Williams on Saturday. This weekend, the Jumbos will face perhaps the best team in the NESCAC, the 5-0 Amherst Lord Jeffs.One of the keys to Saturday’s game will be the success of the Tufts run defense. Prior ...
Tufts opened its season with two impressive home victories over Hamilton and Bates, but after back-to-back road losses the team was in danger of falling below .500 in its Week 5 matchup against the Williams Ephs.After the first quarter of this weekend's game the visiting team was ahead 13-7, but ...
This Saturday the Jumbos will return to Medford following their losses to Bowdoin and Trinity. Their opponents, the 1-3 Williams Ephs, will travel to the Ellis Oval in an attempt to inch their record closer to .500.As with Tufts’ previous two rivals, Williams' team has a lot of success running ...
Katie Hnida, the first woman to ever play and score points in Division I-A college football, visited Tufts last night to discuss her experience with sexual harassment and rape in college athletics. Hnida, who was hosted by the Tufts Athletics Department’s Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), ...
Tufts played its second straight road game on Saturday, and despite having the lead at the end of the first quarter, the team returned home with a loss. The Trinity Bantams extended their home winning streak to 53 games in a 35-14 win over the visiting Jumbos.The game started slowly, with both teams ...
After suffering its first loss of the season on the road against Bowdoin, Tufts will attempt to rebound against one of the powerhouses of the NESCAC, Trinity College.The Bantams finished the 2013 season with a 6-2 record, leading the conference in points scored with 259 (32.3 per game), and look ...
On Saturday, Tufts traveled to Bowdoin to play its first away game of the season. The Jumbos had high hopes entering the game, as they looked to continue their improbable run at an undefeated season. But the Bowdoin Polar Bears, behind a strong rushing attack, were able to halt the Jumbos' winning ...
After a very convincing homecoming win against Bates on Saturday, Tufts will travel to Maine to face the 0-2 Bowdoin Polar Bears this weekend.Bowdoin finished the 2013 season in 7th place in the NESCAC standings with a 3-5 record, and this season the Polar Bears have struggled mightily through their ...
Saturday was Homecoming, and the Tufts football team took the field as victors for the first time in years -- a week after the Jumbos won their first game since 2010. The stadium was packed with eager fans hoping that the Tufts win over Hamilton was only the first of many.And the team did not disappoint. ...
Tufts football opened up its season with a convincing 24-17 win over Hamilton, but it will have a tougher test this week against Bates.The Bobcats finished last season with a 4-4 record and have beaten the Jumbos in their past four matchups. The Bobcats lost their first game this season to Amherst, ...
After 1,456 days and 31 losses, the Jumbos have finally come out victorious. More than 3,500 fans packed Ellis Oval on a beautiful Saturday afternoon, hoping that this would be the day that their Jumbos would emerge as winners. The Tufts squad did not disappoint, beating the Hamilton Continentals 24-17.“It’s ...
