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Unbeaten Yale, winner of 16 straight, meets unbeaten Harvard, the unexpected challenger, for the Ivy League title today at the Stadium in the 85th renewal of THE game...
...combat the challenge, Harvard offers a defense which leads the nation in fewest points allowed per game...
...game--1968--has generated more than the usual H-Y enthusiasm. Harvard Stadium sold out its 40,000 seats without public sale and officials estimated that they could have filled 60,000 more without difficulty. 3000 closed-circuit TV tickets for three campus outlets were snatched up quickly, and the demand has been so great that other closed-circuit outlets have been set up in New York, New Haven, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. In addition, radio bradcasts will go to Harvard and Yale clubs in most sections of the United States...
Dowling and Hill appear to be two of the finest backs in League history and perhaps in the country. Dowling, a 6'2" senior, has not lost a game he has played at Yale. His freshman team was undefeated, he missed sophomore year with an injury, and last year's team's only loss came when he was out with another injury. A strong runner and passer, he holds seven Yale records, one Ivy record (most touchdown passes, career) and has been named the Ivy's outstanding back on four of the 12 weeks of his career...
Harvard's defense, as mentioned, has been superb. Led by linebacker John Emery and safetyman Pat Conway, Harvard has allowed only 118.5 yards a game passing--eighth in the nation--and leads the Ivies in defense; Yale is second...