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Senior running back Treavor Scales celebrates his game-clinching 63-yard touchdown run in the Harvard football team's 34-24 victory over Yale on Saturday at Harvard Stadium.

The Game 2012
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Harvard Rallies To Top Yale, 34-24, in 129th Game

Senior Colton Chapple threw for two touchdowns and ran for one more—while rushing for 128 yards—and classmate Treavor Scales collected 177 yards of his own on the ground to help lead Harvard to a 34-24 comeback win over Yale.

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AROUND THE IVIES: Harvard-Yale Will Be A Statement Game

At what point does rock truly hit bottom? For the Yale football program, that’s not an easy question to answer.

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Houses Plan Harvard-Yale Tailgate Events

Despite the continuation of the College’s notoriously strict tailgating policies, House Committees have assured students that they will be able to enjoy a variety of festivities—both on and off the tailgating field—in preparation for Saturday’s Harvard-Yale football game.

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THE BROTHERS SAMUELS: The Game Is Not Even "A Game" Anymore

Did you know that The Game used to be a rivalry? A long time ago, it was a back-and-forth battle between two great Ivy League football powers in a nationally recognized showdown of brains and brawn. On Saturday, Harvard vs. Yale will just be an embarrassment. Like Yale football coaches vs. The Truth (or the Rhodes Trust—either one). Like New Haven vs. A Safe Place To Live. Or like Fareed Zakaria vs. Journalism.

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YALE DAILY NEWS: Bulldogs Are Better Than You Might Think

So maybe, just maybe, just when it looks like our chances against the Crimson have hit a nadir, just when a sixth straight loss seems inevitable, just when apathy toward The Game seems to be rising, the Bulldogs have the power to surprise and reverse a forgettable half-decade of football. Don’t count them out—and yes, that’s directed toward Elis and Cantabs alike.

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Tipping the Scales

Coming into his senior year, Harvard running back Treavor Scales wasn’t satisfied.

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Harvard-Yale Preview: Going Head to Head in 129th Game

The Harvard football team enters this year’s contest against Yale tomorrow at Harvard Stadium heavily favored once again, but perhaps The Game’s most intriguing storyline comes from off the field.

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Ends of an Era

One is a 6’5” former high school basketball star built like a wide receiver. The other is a 6’3” former high school track standout whose unique versatility has allowed him to play five positions on the gridiron. The former goes by a full name just eight letters long, while the latter has a surname only rivaled in Boston sports lore by “Yastrzemski” in its complexity.

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Goldman to Win The Game, Cornell's Ranking Anxiety, and 'Compliments' All Around

The quick and dirty about what's been going on around the Ancient Eight (and other schools too). Even Jon Stewart has weighed in on what's going down this weekend, and it's not looking good for the Bulldogs. According to the Yale Daily News' Cross Campus blog, when asked by a Yale student which team would win The Game, Stewart said: "I'm pretty sure Goldman Sachs wins that one." That means Harvard, right?

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A Fine Line

It has not been a fun year to play offensive tackle against the Harvard football team. Nor quarterback, for that matter. Nor running back, either.

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Harvard Seniors, from left to right, Chris H. Weber, Andreas M. Haggerty, and Hilton H. Augustine, sell t-shirts outside the science center Wednesday afternoon for The Game against Yale this coming Saturday.

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The Game Boasts A Colorful History of Pranks

Every year, the hard-working students of Harvard and Yale shut their books for a weekend and loosen up by tailgating, ...

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The Game: TS Eliot

November is the cruelest month, breeding Yalies out of the far-flung dung, mixing Bulldogs and good Pilgrims, stirring False hope with the smell of ambition.

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