The Game

Harvard-Yale 2014

Steeped in history, the Yale-Harvard football game is one of the oldest, grandest traditions in college athletics. The 131st Game kicks off this weekend with more than simple bragging rights on the line: The winner takes home the Ivy League crown. Over the course of this week, the News will cover the legendary Ivy League rivalry through an innovative lens. Check back to find a series of articles — ranging from historical recaps to exclusive interviews — filled with in-depth reporting and stunning multimedia leading up to Saturday's matchup. Come to The Game informed. Follow @YDNSports on Twitter and @yaledailynews on Snapchat for minute-by-minute updates with #TheGame14.

The Game that Yale has been waiting for

Completely revitalized, boasting the highest-gaining offense in the entire Football Championship Subdivision and still holding a chance at an Ivy League title share, the Elis (8–1, 5–1 Ivy) go head-to-head with the Crimson (9–0, 6–0) seeking redemption.

The Endowment Game

The Yale-Harvard rivalry transcends football. It is also about money.

Senior Profiles

Yale has twenty seniors fighting for the win today.

Roberts rips through playbook

Yale has leaned heavily on its offense all season en route to its current 8–1 record, and quarterback Morgan Roberts ’16 will look to lead the team’s most prolific offense in decades to victory this weekend.

Tyler Varga, one-of-a-kind running back

Imagine a running back with a bodybuilder’s physique storming down the gridiron with the balance and agility of a downhill skier. Now meet running back Tyler Varga ’15.

A brief history of The Game

Pageantry and tradition define college football, and perhaps no other game in the country represents those aspects than Harvard-Yale.

What went wrong?

The Game 2014 is more than a battle for Ivy League supremacy — it is an opportunity for Yale to exorcise the ghosts of seven years futility on the gridiron. Here is a look back at what has gone wrong for more than half a decade.

Harvard season in review

The Crimson has won every game it has played this season — read through to find out how.

Yale season in review

Walk through the Bulldogs' 2014 campaign, one game at a time.

Breaking down The Game

Compare Yale to Harvard across the board and learn who comes out on top.

The Game: A celebration

The meaning of Harvard-Yale, through the eyes of two senior leaders on the offensive line.

Keys to The Game

If the Bulldogs can outrun the Crimson, utilize all their weapons and win the turnover battle, they can emerge victorious from The Game for the first time since 2006.

2006: a retrospective

It has been years since Yale beat Harvard, but how did the 2006 team do it?

The return and rise of Ciotti

Larry Ciotti coaches the running backs on a Yale team that has broken offensive records left and right. He has worked with some of the greatest rushers in school history and left his mark on both individual players and the program as a whole.

GameDay host talks Harvard-Yale

Chris Fowler is the main host for ESPN’s College GameDay, which is the nation’s most-viewed pregame college football show. With GameDay coming to Cambridge for the 131st edition of The Game, the News talked with Fowler about Saturday and the related festivities.

After frigid wait, no tickets left for The Game

Less than two days after Ray Tompkins House opened its ticket office for sales, Yale’s approximately 3,000 student tickets for The Game sold out at around 3:30 p.m. yesterday, with over 100 students still remaining in line.

A promising leader in Oluokun

With a young defensive backfield, there is plenty of room for Yale underclassmen to grow — and into that void steps Foyesade Oluokun ’18, a second team All-Ivy selection who leads the Bulldogs in tackles this season.

Conditioned freshman class prepares for The Game

As The Game approaches, Eli freshmen are gearing up, ready to bring the heat that has powered Yale to eight total victories this year — and five rookie Bulldogs stand out in particular.

RC3 — a motivational force

An exceedingly positive presence on the field and the future leader of the Eli wide receiving corps, Robert Clemons III '17 has been a strong weapon for quarterback Morgan Roberts ’16 in his sophomore season.

Yale's hardest hitter on the rise

In the Bulldogs’ 44–30 win over Princeton, the defense put up three sacks, harassed Princeton quarterbacks Connor Michelsen and Quinn Epperly into just five net yards per pass play and held the Tigers to just 2.7 yards per carry. A large part of that defensive success is cornerback Dale Harris ’17. Harris finished with a season-high of 10 total tackles, enough for third on the team.

GameDay, meet "The Game"

Next Saturday morning, the most-watched sports broadcasting channel in the country will focus its attention on a historic Yale football matchup.

Harvard clinches share of Ivy crown with defeat of Penn

With its 34–24 win against a struggling 1–7 Penn squad, the Harvard football team clinched a share of its second consecutive Ivy League championship and dampened the Quakers’ goodbye to longtime head coach Al Bagnoli.

Bulldogs topple Tigers 44-30

In yet another high-scoring matchup at the Yale Bowl, the Yale football team set itself up with a chance to secure a share of the Ivy League title by defeating Princeton 44–30. The win is the Bulldogs’ first victory over the Tigers since 2011.

Featured articles archive

It takes a lot of manpower to make a football team great — and the News has covered many of the Bulldogs' important players and coaches. Read through the articles and coverage from the rest of the season.