T H E O L D E S T C O L L E G E F O O T B A L L R I VA L R Y BY BEN OWENS

H A R VA R D VS YALE
 H A R VA R D VS YALE FACTS

• The first meeting was on November 13, 1875, which

Harvard won 4-0

• They have met 134 times

• The last meeting, Yale won 24-3

• Yale leads the all-time series 67-59-8

• The largest margin of victory was Yale 54, Harvard 0 in 1957

A G R E AT C O A C H AT H A R V A R D
• Joseph William Restic coached at Harvard for 23 seasons

• He was born on July 21, 1926, died December 8, 2011

• Alma mater was Villanova

• His playing career was from 1952 to 1953 on the Philadelphia Eagles at
tight end

• His coaching career not at Harvard: 1956-1958 at Brown as assistant

coach, 1959-1961 at Colgate as assistant coach, at the Hamilton Tiger-
Cats in the CFL from 1962-1967 as assistant, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
1968-1970 as head coach.

• Harvard Head Coaching Job: Coached for 23 seasons, from 1971 to

1993, and his record at Harvard was 117-97-6. Under Restic, they won 5
Ivy League Championships, in 1974, 1975, 1982, 1983, and 1987.
 A G R E AT C O A C H AT YA L E

• Carmen Louis Cozza coached at Yale for 32 seasons

• Carmen “Carm” Cozza was born June 10, 1930 in Parma, Ohio and died January
4, 2018.

• Alma mater was Miami (OH)

• His playing career was at Miami (OH), from 1949-1951 as a quarterback. But he
also played baseball. He played at Miami (OH) from 1950-1952, Fargo-Moorhead
Twins in 1952, Cedar Rapids Indians in 1952, and the Superior Blues In 1953.

• His coaching career not at Yale: Miami (OH) as an assistant coach from 1956-1962.

• Coaching Career At Yale: Coached 32 seasons, was assistant coach 1963-1964,

and head coach from 1965-1996. His overall record at Yale was 179-119-5. He led
Yale to 10 Ivy League Championships, in 1967-1969, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979-1981,
and 1989.
A G R E AT R I V A L R Y

• Yale and Harvard have been squaring off for 134 seasons,
and Yale is winning the series 67-59-8.

• Some people call this game simply “The Game” because

of this heated rivalry and great games between the
Crimson and Bulldogs.

• But arguably, these schools are probably the Top 2

academic schools in the nation.

• Both of these schools are also very sporty schools. Harvard

holds the nation’s most fielded teams in sports, at 41. But
Yale boasts a lot, too. The Bulldogs field 35 sports teams.
 T H E G R E AT H A R V A R D V S YA L E T I E
• The game was played on November 23, 1968, at Harvard
Stadium, and an attendance of 40,280. The game ended in
a 29-29 tie after the Crimson somehow scored 16 points in
the last 42 seconds. The miraculous scoring in the last 42
seconds inspired the students of Harvard’s school
newspaper to write this famous headline: Harvard beats
Yale 29-29. In 2010, ESPN ranked it #9 in the list of the Top
Ten Football Ties Of All Time. Here’s the quarter-by-quarter
score: That tie left both teams 8-0-1 on
the season. Yale came into the game
on a 16-game winning streak, and Yale’s quarterback Brian
Dowling, had only lost one game when he was in the
starting lineup since the sixth grade!
H A R VA R D C U R R E N T S E A S O N

(As of 11/13/18)

• Harvard plays in the FCS (Football Championship

Subdivision) and plays in the Ivy League. They are 5-4
overall and 3-3 in conference play. Their wins are over
San Diego, Brown, Holy Cross, Columbia, and Penn.
 YA L E C U R R E N T S E A S O N

• Yale plays in the FCS (Football Championship

Subdivision) and plays in the Ivy League. They are 5-4
overall, and 3-3 in conference play. Their wins are over
Cornell, Maine, Mercer, Penn, and Brown.