Undergraduate Council vice presidential candidate Rudd W. Coffey '97, who served as Harvard's mascot at the Yale game last year, said he agreed.

"I'm a person who stays up to date on things like this, and I had no idea," he said. "Most Harvard students would be unaware."

Reasons for attending the game varied among the nine students.

"I didn't even think about going until someone called me and asked me if I wanted to go," Joshua A. Gluck '98 said.

Kim R. Walberg '96 cited "ulterior motives" for her decision to purchase tickets. She wanted to be sure that she had tickets for her boyfriend, who was graduated last year and will be at Harvard for the weekend.

School spirit was once reason enough to attend, according to Carey.

"If you go back to the '50s, you couldn't get a ticket for this game," he said. "Granted that's 40 years ago, but it's been diminishing over the past 10 to 15 years to the point where we are now."

Carey said he still believes considerable spirit exists on campus.

"The hockey rink is always full." he said. "They wait on line out here on coupon day."

Luckily, The Game still remains.

"We've had a lot of inquiry about the Yale game," Carey said.

Application envelopes for tickets to the Yale game will be distributed this Monday through Wednesday. They are due in the basement of Harvard Hall at 5 p.m. on October 20.

Students will pay a reduced rate of $12 but will still have to endure New Haven