Harvard–Yale football rivalry

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college football rivalry sports rivalry

The Harvard–Yale football rivalry is one of the oldest and most storied rivalries in American college football, highlighted annually by their famous matchup known as "The Game."

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Label Occurrences
Harvard–Yale football rivalry canonical 6
The Game (Harvard–Yale football rivalry) 2
"Harvard Beats Yale 29–29" 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf college football rivalry ⓘ
sports rivalry ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Game ⓘ
alternatingVenues Harvard Stadium and Yale Bowl ⓘ
annualGameName The Game ⓘ
associatedInstitution Harvard University ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
category College football rivalries in the United States ⓘ
Ivy League football rivalries ⓘ
conference Ivy League ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance major social event for students and alumni of both universities ⓘ
symbol of the historic rivalry between Harvard University and Yale University ⓘ
firstMeetingDate 1875-11-13 ⓘ
firstMeetingLocation Hamilton Park, New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ
firstMeetingScore 4–0 (under rugby-style scoring) ⓘ
firstMeetingSeason 1875 college football season ⓘ
firstMeetingWinner Harvard Crimson ⓘ
surface form: Harvard Crimson football
frequency annual ⓘ
governingBody National Collegiate Athletic Association ⓘ
surface form: NCAA
hasNickname The Game ⓘ
historicalRuleOrigin early games played under rugby-style rules ⓘ
homeCityHarvard Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ
homeCityYale New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ
homeStadiumHarvard Harvard Stadium ⓘ
homeStadiumYale Yale Bowl ⓘ
importanceToConference often influences Ivy League football championship race ⓘ
involvesTeam Harvard Crimson ⓘ
surface form: Harvard Crimson football

Yale Bulldogs ⓘ
surface form: Yale Bulldogs football
league NCAA Division I FCS ⓘ
mediaSlogan Harvard–Yale football rivalry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: "Harvard Beats Yale 29–29"
notableAs one of the most storied rivalries in American college football ⓘ
one of the oldest rivalries in American college football ⓘ
notableGame Harvard–Yale football rivalry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 1968 Harvard–Yale football game
notableGameDescription 1968 game ended in a famous 29–29 tie after Harvard scored 16 points in the final 42 seconds ⓘ
relatedRivalry Harvard–Yale Regatta ⓘ
Yale–Harvard rivalry ⓘ
surface form: Harvard–Yale ice hockey rivalry
spectatorType alumni ⓘ
local fans ⓘ
students ⓘ
sport American football ⓘ
studentTraditions marching band performances ⓘ
pranks and stunts ⓘ
tailgating ⓘ
televisionCoverage often nationally televised in the United States ⓘ
typicalGameDayOfWeek Saturday ⓘ
typicalGameMonth November ⓘ
typicalSeasonContext final game of the regular season for both teams ⓘ

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Harvard Crimson → notableRivalry → Harvard–Yale football rivalry ⓘ
Yale Bowl → hostedEvent → Harvard–Yale football rivalry ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Game (Harvard–Yale football rivalry)
Yale Bulldogs athletics → rivalry → Harvard–Yale football rivalry ⓘ
Harvard–Yale football rivalry → notableGame → Harvard–Yale football rivalry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1968 Harvard–Yale football game
Harvard–Yale football rivalry → mediaSlogan → Harvard–Yale football rivalry self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Harvard Beats Yale 29–29"
Ivy League football → rivalry → Harvard–Yale football rivalry ⓘ
Harvard–Princeton football rivalry → relatedRivalry → Harvard–Yale football rivalry ⓘ
Harvard–Yale basketball rivalry → associatedRivalry → Harvard–Yale football rivalry ⓘ
Yale–Harvard baseball rivalry → associatedWith → Harvard–Yale football rivalry ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Game (Harvard–Yale football rivalry)
Yale–Harvard rivalry → hasPart → Harvard–Yale football rivalry ⓘ
The Race → hasRivalry → Harvard–Yale football rivalry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harvard–Yale rivalry