Summary
A look at the top 10 most memorable Yale-Harvard football games, ranked by Bob Barton, a retired editor with the Register who will see his 34th Yale-Harvard game today. He has been writing on football history for various Ivy League publications since the 1960s.
Nov. 23, 1968: Yale 29, Harvard 29. For the first time since 1909, both teams came in undefeated, untied. Brian Dowling's two touchdowns and two TD passes staked Yale to a 29-13 lead, but second- string quarterback Frank Champi rallied Harvard to two touchdowns in the last 42 seconds. Pete Varney caught Champi's pass for the tying conversion after time had expired.See the full content of this document
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And Some Other Good Games
Nov. 23, 1974: Harvard 21, Yale 16. Down 16-14 against an unbeaten Yale team and pinned back on its own 5-yard line with 5:07 to go, Harvard covered the distance in 14 plays. Milt Holt rolled around the left side from the 1 with 15 seconds for the touchdown that gave Harvard a share of the Ivy title.
Nov. 20 1999: Yale 24, Harvard 21. Coming out of the infirmary, where he had spent the night b...See the full content of this document
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