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November 7, 2013

Whether your interests lie in athletics, history, architecture, food, or simply Harvard itself, here are thirteen reasons to make the journey to New Haven for the 130th playing of The Game: Harvard vs. Yale. Can't make it to Connecticut this year? Watch with fellow alumni in your area, on TV or online to root the Crimson to victory in one of the longest-running rivalries in college football.

The Game: 13 Reasons

Nov 7, 2013
Tie It Up

Harvard and Yale have tied eight times in the history of The Game. The first tie came in the scoreless match of 1879, but the last tie, in 1968, is the most famous. Both teams arrived for The Game undefeated on the season. Yale was the favorite, but Harvard staged a dramatic comeback, scoring 16 points in the closing 42 seconds, inspiring the now-famous Crimson headline “Harvard Beats Yale, 29–29.” Read More
Nov 7, 2013
Giving Thanks

The Harvard-Yale game typically takes place the Saturday before Thanksgiving and, depending on the outcome, gives one team or another an additional reason to give thanks. Presaging modern-day NFL tradition, the Crimson met the bulldogs on Thanksgiving Day in 1883 and 1887, the only two occasions in the history of the rivalry that The Game was not played on a Saturday. Read More
Nov 7, 2013
More Mather

Mather is a familiar name around Harvard, where Increase Mather served as the University’s sixth president—but the family’s legacy is alive in New Haven as well. Read More
Nov 7, 2013
Follow the Captain to Old Campus

Each year, The Game’s program is a familiar sight: the Harvard and Yale captains posing together in the city hosting that year’s game. Such timeliness takes planning, however, and those photos are most often taken several months earlier, when the captains-elect of the two teams gather for a springtime photo shoot. Read More
Nov 7, 2013
New Haven Pizza

Harvard Square’s Pinocchio’s holds a soft spot in the hearts and stomachs of generations of Harvard alumni, but the pizza in New Haven is also noteworthy. Read More
Nov 7, 2013
Visit Your Sister . . . College

College alumni know that Harvard’s House system provides a sense of community and identity for students—a system echoed in Yale’s residential colleges. Harvard’s Houses and Yale’s Colleges have formed sisterly pairings in the style of the Oxbridge sister colleges. The main function of the Harvard-Yale sister houses is the housing reciprocity they provide each other for each year’s Harvard-Yale game. So where will students from Yale’s Colleges be staying in Cambridge? Read More
Nov 7, 2013
Handsome Dan

Harvard alumni bleed Crimson, and would never root for Eli; but there’s no denying that Yale’s mascot, Handsome Dan, lives up to his name. Yale became the first college to adopt a live mascot in 1889, when an undergrad bought an English bulldog for $5, named him Handsome Dan, and began to parade the dog across the fields before Yale’s sporting events. Handsome Dan XVII will prowl the sidelines of the 130th Game. Read More
Nov 7, 2013
Beating Yale by the Numbers

Yale has more schools than Harvard—15 to Harvard’s 12—but statistically, Harvard beats Yale in many areas. Here’s how Harvard and Yale match up off the gridiron. Read More
Nov 7, 2013
Alumni Challenge Yale off the Field

The 130th Harvard-Yale game will kick off at the Yale Bowl at noon on Saturday, November 23—but another Harvard-Yale competition will begin on November 12, when alumni of Harvard and Yale face off in the third annual Harvard-Yale Participation Challenge. Read More
Nov 7, 2013
Even the Score

Heading into the 130th playing of The Game, Yale leads the series 65–56 with eight ties on the books. Read More
Nov 7, 2013
The Yale Bowl

For Harvard alumni, Harvard Stadium is a familiar site anchoring the Allston campus. Read More
Nov 7, 2013
Back to the Beginning

To travel to New Haven for The Game is to tread in tradition. Read More
Nov 7, 2013
The Game

The 130th Harvard-Yale game will take place on Saturday, November 23, 2013, at noon EST. Read More

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