It's been over a year now, but the upper-classmen on the Harvard football team still remember.

They remember the 34-19 humbling that Yale delivered at The Stadium last year and they remember their helplessness as they endured a Detroit Pistons-like show of sportsmanship by Elis fans whose premature celebrations prolonged an already lengthy day.

They remember the 20 unanswered points that Yale scored in the first half that put The Game out of reach and made the wait for an M.I.T. prank the only suspenseful part of the afternoon.

They remember Yale quarterback Darin Kehler running the wishbone like a proto-typical Big Eight signal-caller.

They remember an Elis offensive line that dominated the trenches and cleared the way for Yale backs to gain 266 yards of offense.

A Feeling of Emptiness

They remember the emptiness that comes with a nearly silent capacity crowd and they remember the frustration of an off-season spent thinking about what could have been.

But most of all, they remember being upstaged on their own turf, and now the Harvard upperclassmen hope that memory can be channeled into payback.

"The revenge factor definitely plays a huge role," Crimson senior Captain John Lausch said. "They ran away with it last season, and that's been on our minds."

It would be an overstatement to claim that anticipation of tomorrow's edition of The Game has controlled the lives of the Crimson for an entire year, but make no mistake--losing by 15 points in front of a sold-out home stadium leaves an impression.

"It's something we've definitely thought about," Lausch said. "Last year, a lot of the juniors and sophomores talked about it. We were standing next to each other on the field, and we said that it wouldn't happen next year."

Elis Wanted Revenge in '90

Lausch's words are familiar ones, and not just in the Harvard camp. After the Crimson handed a 37-20 beating to Yale in New Haven in 1989, the Elis didn't forget.

After last year's pounding of Harvard, Yale running back Kevin Callahan was quick to point to the '89 loss as a reason for the success in '90.

"[The '89 loss] is something that has been on a lot of people's minds," Callahan said. "All year it was something that was sort of plaguing us."