November 23, 1968 • Harvard Stadium • Boston, MA • •
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Harvard managed to score 16 points in the final 42 seconds of the game to earn a tie with Yale. The following day, the Harvard Crimson student newspaper celebrated the Crimson's comeback with the headline, "Harvard Beats Yale, 29-29". The headline would be used as the title of a 2008 documentary about the 1968 game. The tie also ended Yale's 16-game winning streak. Yale's 17-game unbeaten streak would end with a loss to Connecticut in the opening game of the 1969 season.
Scoring Summary[]
- First quarter
- YALE - Brian Dowling 3 yard run (Bob Bayless kick)
- Second quarter
- YALE - Calvin Hill 3 yard pass from Brian Dowling (Bob Bayless kick)
- YALE - Del Marting 5 yard pass from Brian Dowling (Del Marting pass from Brian Dowling)
- HAR - Bruce Freeman 15 yard pass from Frank Champi (kick failed)
- Third quarter
- HAR - Gus Crim 1 yard run (Rich Szaro kick)
- Fourth quarter
- YALE - Brian Dowling 5 yard run (Bob Bayless kick)
- HAR - Bruce Freeman 15 yard pass from Frank Champi (Gus Crim run)
- HAR - Vic Gatto 8 yard pass from Frank Champi (Peter Varney pass from Frank Champi)