Alcohol kegs will be banned at tailgate parties and inside the Harvard Stadium during the next Harvard-Yale Game played at Harvard, said Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis '68.

"Not only were there a couple of incidents in which students could easily have died [at this year's Game], but police were so tied up handling alcohol issues that their capacity to deal with other safety issues was impaired," Lewis wrote in an e-mail message.

The ban will apply only to kegs and not to other types of containers like cans or bottles, Lewis said.

Lewis said he expects the decision, supported unanimously by the House Masters and the Athletic Committee, to result in two major changes at the next home Game.

First, no one will be allowed to bring kegs into the area surrounding The Stadium complex and the parking lots.

Second, pre-game parties will be moved from the Harvard Business School parking lot to Soldiers Field, in part to "help [the police] monitor and control activities."

Master of Quincy House Michael Shinagel said there would also be a recommendation that Associate Dean of the College David P. Illingworth '71 "contact his counterpart at Yale to consider a similar policy."

Shinagel added that student conduct at this year's Game was a major factor in the Masters' decision to support the ban.