Harvard beats Yale 29-29 (1968)

Harvard mounts a stunning comeback, scoring 16 points in the final 42 seconds to tie the game and tie Yale for the season championship. Although the final score was tied, the miraculous comeback prompted the Harvard Crimson to proclaim in its headline, "Harvard beats Yale, 29-29".

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[sjl62]

"Well I say, let Harvard have its 'football' and 'academics.' Yale will always be first for gentlemanly club life!" -- Mr. Burns

[utubeuserssuck]

dude that ref got owned at the end

[unclebobunclebob]

@BringAaronTehHorizon It's an ironic statement first used as a headline in the Harvard student newspaper The Crimson in its report of the game.

[dwynneboyd]

@michaelHda True dat. Trudeau went to Yale, and Walden is modeled on Yale. Interestingly, Garry Trudeau and William Buckley both went to Yale. What Bill though of this game, I don't know

[jeglpz]

@BringAaronTehHorizon

Neither team actually won--Harvard's claim is really a "moral victory," not an actual one. The result on the record books is a tie.

[BringAaronTehHorizon]

@jeglpz Then how did they say who wins?

[jeglpz]

@BringAaronTehHorizon

There was no overtime in 1968. The game ended after 60 minutes, regardless of the score.

[BringAaronTehHorizon]

How did they win 29-29? They would have gone into overtime wouldnt they??

[chm97chm97]

Just saw the movie on NetFlix LOVED IT!

Great story told by great story tellers. I was impressed by all and really surprised & impressed with Tommy Lee Jones. I watched him closely on the film and he was a damn good college football player.

[michaelHda]

Cartoonist Gary Thrueau created the character "B. D." in Doonesbury in homage to Brain dowling, the Yale Quarterback.

[kolaidman67]

Astounding irony-

Only two presidents are buried at Arlington National Cemetery

William Howard Taft- the first Yale graduate to be elected president of the USA

John F. Kennedy- up until now, the last Harvard graduate to serve as president