1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game

1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game
"Harvard Beats Yale, 29-29"

Yale Bulldogs	Harvard Crimson
(8–0)	(8–0)
29	29
Head coach: Carmen Cozza	Head coach: John Yovicsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Yale	7	15	0	7	29
Harvard	0	6	7	16	29

Date

November 23, 1968

Stadium

Harvard Stadium

Location

Boston, Massachusetts

Attendance

40,280

The 1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game was an American college football game between the Yale Bulldogs football team of Yale University and the Harvard Crimson football team of Harvard University played on November 23, 1968. The game ended in a tie with a score of 29–29^[1] after Harvard made what is considered a miraculous last-moment comeback, scoring 16 points in the final 42 seconds to tie the score against a highly touted Yale squad.^[2] The significance of the moral victory for Harvard inspired the next day's Harvard Crimson student newspaper to print the famous headline "Harvard Beats Yale, 29-29".^[3] In 2010, ESPN ranked it #9 in its list of the top ten college football ties of all time.^[4]

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 undefeated and untied with 8–0 records.^[5] It was the first time both schools met when undefeated and untied since the 1909 season.^[6]

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.^[7]^[8]

This game stands as the final tie in the series, as subsequent rule changes have eliminated ties from college football.^[9]

References

↑ DeLassus, David. "Harvard Yearly Results (1965-1969)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
↑ Daugherty, Duffy (November 26, 1968). "Catch-Up Football Often Leads to a Lopsided Game (Duffy calls 'em)". The Telegraph-Herald. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
↑ "Harvard Beats Yale"
↑ Maisel, Ivan (June 28, 2010). "Ties sparked controversy, debate". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 20, 2012.
↑ "Heart Stoppers and Hail Marys: Yale vs. Harvard". University of Notre Dame. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
↑ Eldridge, Larry (November 21, 1968). "The Game Stirs Grid Fans". The Day. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
↑ Dargis, Manohla (November 18, 2008). "Back in 1968, When a Tie Was No Tie". The New York Times. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
↑ Documentary
↑ Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.

Harvard Crimson football

Venues	Jarvis Field (1874–?) Harvard Stadium (1903–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Yale (list)

Culture & lore	"Ten Thousand Men of Harvard" 1874 Harvard vs. McGill game 1921 Centre vs. Harvard game 1968 Yale vs. Harvard game (Harvard Beats Yale 29-29) 2004 Harvard–Yale prank

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

National championship seasons in bold

Yale Bulldogs football

Venues	Hamilton Park (1872–1883) Yale Field (1884–1913) Yale Bowl (1914–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Harvard (list)

Culture & lore	1968 Yale vs. Harvard game (Harvard Beats Yale 29-29) 2004 Harvard–Yale prank Handsome Dan "Boola Boola" "Down the Field"

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

National championship seasons in bold

1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game

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