Harvard Crimson football was created in 1873.
Harvard Crimson men's lacrosse was created in 1878.
The Harvard Football team's nickname is the Crimson, as in the dark red crimson color. This is similar to the Stanford Cardinal, which also uses a color as their team name. Also similar to Stanford, which uses a pine tree as its mascot, the Harvard Crimson's mascot is a pilgrim/patriot-looking character.
Alabama Crimson Tide football was created in 1892.
Bergundy with little blotches of gold mixed on in there you know homedawg Wrong. The official color is called "crimson." It appears like a burgundy-red wine color. In reality, many of the school uniforms are grey, white, or black with crimson lettering or crimson with white or black lettering. The school's band usually wears black pants with crimson tops. The the only official school color is crimson.
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Harvard Crimson
Crimson is Harvard's color and is also the name of their sports teams.
It is John Harvard, as in the pilgrim... But the teams go by "the crimson", for the color... As usual, Harvard does everything in a completely different way than the rest of the world!! Crimson Class of 2013!
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The team name for Harvard University athletics is the Crimson. Unofficially, their mascot is John Harvard, an Englishman for whom the school is named after.
Harvard College's color is crimson.