Word: thereness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The first Harvard-Yale football game was played on Saturday, November 13, 1875 on Hamilton Field in New Haven. There were three "halves;" Harvard won by scoring four goals and a like number of touchdowns, while holding Yale scoreless.
The Harvard-Yale game of 1891 produced America's first football ticket scandal. There were no laws against scalping and there was no such thing as a federal admission tax, but it was strictly against the law to counterfeit tickets, which is exactly what a New York speculator did before...
Post records mean noting when these two teams meet. There have been upsets by both sides, although a Harvard team never before has come up to the Yale game with just one previous victory to show for the season.
There's one real difference, and that applies to curfew time in out-of-college buildings and fraternities. Yale being safely out of the range of Massachusetts laws, is blessed with a 1 a.m.--not midnight--closing time.
As yet there has been no word indicating what names are being considered, but popular consensus around Yale points to Ohio's Taft brothers, Robert A. Y '10 and Charles P. Y. '18, as strong contenders, with Charles held the favorite.