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The Game, two words which warrant no more explanation in Cambridge or New Haven, has changed more in the last century than most of the Elis and Harvard students who will be sitting in the stands on Saturday can realize.
It was exactly 120 years ago, on Nov. 13, 1875, that the two schools played the first Game in New Haven. The tickets back then sold for 50 cents each, and an audience of 3,000 cheered as the two teams played a game which blended soccer and rugby. Since...
So the negotiations over the 1895 Game were approached with the delicacy of the Balkan peace discussions. But the talks broke down in the end, and after Yale's missed invitation, Harvard refused to compete against the Elis in any sport for the rest of the year.
After the wild night, Elis wiped out the Crimson, 14-6. The Crimson, which had only one victory that season, was crushed. One player "had been gunning for that big one -- Yale," hoping that "hard work" would win The Game.
The contest began with a three-period scoreless tie, which Yale broke with a touchdown one minute and 52 seconds into the fourth period. Then the Elis scored another.