1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game
| Harvard Beats Yale, 29–29 The Tie The Miracle | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | November 23, 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Harvard Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 40,280 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | WHDH Radio-TV network | ||||||||||||||||||
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The 1968 Yale vs. Harvard football game was a college football game between the Yale Bulldogs and the Harvard Crimson played on November 23, 1968. The game ended in a 29–29 tie, and as a result, the two teams shared the 1968 Ivy League title. Because Yale were considered heavy favorites and Harvard scored 16 points in the final 42 seconds to tie the game, the result inspired a famous headline in The Harvard Crimson, "Harvard Beats Yale, 29–29". The game, which was the 85th edition of a long rivalry between the two football programs, has also been referred to simply as "The Tie" or "The Miracle".
In 2010, ESPN ranked it No. 9 in its list of the top ten college football ties of all time. Subsequent rule changes have eliminated ties from college football, and this was the final tie game in the Harvard–Yale series.