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THE GAME AT-A-GLANCE

The Game: Yale at Harvard

The Site: The Stadium

The Crowd: A sellout crowd of 37,289 is expected.

Kickoff: 1 p.m.

Records: Harvard 5-3-0 (5-1-0 Ivy); Yale 5-3-0 (4-2-0 Ivy).

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Series: Yale leads, 54-38-8, in a series that dates back to 1875.

Last Harvard Win Over Yale: 1983, 16-7

Last Yale Win Over Harvard: 1981, 28-0

Last Tie: 1968, 29-29

Current Streak: Harvard, two games

Longest Streak: Yale, eight games

Last Shutout: 1981, Yale, 28-0

The Broadcast: As the Ivy League Game of the Week, the contest will be telecast on the Public Broadcasting System (WGBH, Channel 2 in Boston) beginning at 1 p.m. Dick Galliette, Upton Bell and Sean McDonough will call the contest. Radio stations WHRB (93.5 FM) and WMRE (1510 AM) will carry the game live. Bob Gamere will handle WMRE's play-by-play, with former Harvard quarterback Mike Lynch providing color commentary. WHRB's Jim Rosenthal and Ed Stiel will call the game for the student station.

Other Ivy League games: Dartmouth at Princeton, Pennsylvania at Cornell, Brown at Columbia.

Last Meeting: At the Yale Bowl, Harvard downed Yale, 16-7, in the 100th playing of The Game before 70,097. After entering the fourth quarter tied at seven, Steve Ernst scored the game-winner for the Crimson with a touchdown run from the two six seconds into the final quarter.

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