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THE GAME | HARVARD STEAMROLLS YALE 11.22.08
BOSTON — And you thought last year was ugly.
For the second consecutive year, the Eli offense simply did not show up in The Game and rival Harvard walked off the field crowned Ivy League champions. After last season’s 37-6 drubbing of the Bulldogs in New Haven, the Cantabs yet again looked dominant and shut out Yale, 10-0.
Harvard shares the Ivy League championship, their second in a row and 13th in history, with Brown, who claimed a piece of it with a 41-10 rout of Columbia.
In last season’s contest, Yale recorded a paltry 109 yards of offense. On Saturday, the Bulldogs made that look good, mustering just 90 yards of offense — ten in the second half — and yielding three turnovers to the Harvard defense. The struggles made it difficult for the Elis to sustain a drive. Yale was just 1-of-11 on third downs and registered only five first downs. Read more.
