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1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game


FieldValue
name"Harvard Beats Yale, 29–29"
football_season1968
visitor_name_shortYale
visitor_nicknameBulldogs
visitor_schoolYale Bulldogs football
home_name_shortHarvard
home_nicknameCrimson
home_schoolHarvard Crimson football
visitor_record8–0
home_record8–0
visitor_coachCarmen Cozza
home_coachJohn Yovicsin
visitor_1q7
visitor_2q15
visitor_3q0
visitor_4q7
home_1q0
home_2q6
home_3q7
home_4q16
dateNovember 23, 1968
stadiumHarvard Stadium
cityBoston, Massachusetts
attendance40,280
us_networkWHDH Radio-TV network
us_announcers{{Plainlist
  • Don Gillis
  • Ken Coleman}} The 1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game was a college football game between the and the , played on November 23, 1968. The game ended in a 29–29 tie after Harvard made what is considered a miraculous last-moment comeback, scoring 16 points in the final 42 seconds to tie the game against a highly touted Yale squad. The significance of the moral victory for Harvard inspired the next day's The Harvard Crimson student newspaper to print the famous headline "Harvard Beats Yale, 29–29". In 2010, ESPN ranked it No. 9 in its list of the top ten college football ties of all time.

Yale came into the game with a 16-game winning streak and its quarterback, Brian Dowling, had only lost one game when he was in the starting lineup since the sixth grade. Both schools entered the game with perfect 8–0 records. It was the first time both schools met when undefeated and untied since the 1909 season.

The tie left both teams 8–0–1 for the season. The famous headline was later used as the title for Harvard Beats Yale 29–29, a 2008 documentary about the game directed by Kevin Rafferty. Actor Tommy Lee Jones, who played on the offensive line for Harvard in the game, was interviewed for the documentary.

This game stands as the final tie in the Harvard–Yale series, as subsequent rule changes have eliminated ties from college football.

References

References

  1. DeLassus, David. "Harvard Yearly Results (1965-1969)". [[College Football Data Warehouse]].
  2. Daugherty, Duffy. (November 26, 1968). "Catch-Up Football Often Leads to a Lopsided Game (Duffy calls 'em)". The Telegraph-Herald.
  3. [http://www.nd.edu/~tmandell/harvard.html "Harvard Beats Yale"]
  4. Maisel, Ivan. (June 28, 2010). "Ties sparked controversy, debate". [[ESPN.
  5. "Heart Stoppers and Hail Marys: Yale vs. Harvard". [[University of Notre Dame]].
  6. Eldridge, Larry. (November 21, 1968). "The Game Stirs Grid Fans". The Day.
  7. Dargis, Manohla. (November 18, 2008). "Back in 1968, When a Tie Was No Tie". [[The New York Times]].
  8. [http://www.kino.com/harvardbeatsyale/ Documentary] {{webarchive. link. (2009-08-07)
  9. Whiteside, Kelly. (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today.
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