Harvard held on despite a furious rally from Yale, winning the 131st playing of The Game 31-24 to complete an undefeated season, take the Ivy League Championship and win their eighth straight in the storied rivalry.
Harvard beats Yale in The Game on last-minute touchdown
Harvard ends the year 10-0 with an undisputed Ivy League championship after topping Yale 31-24 in their eighth straight win in the biggest game of the year.
Harvard had led 24-7, but Yale capitalized on some Crimson turnovers to tie the game up at 24. Then Connor Hempel found Andrew Fischer on this 35-yard touchdown:
(GIFs via NBCSN)
A last-ditch drive by Yale ended with a Morgan Roberts interception, his second of the day -- the first had been a 90-yard Harvard score.
The game was a de facto Ivy League title game. At 9-0, Harvard was guaranteed at least a share of the championship, but if they’d lost to the Bulldogs, they would’ve had the indignity of sharing the title with their biggest rival. With a relatively weak college football schedule this week, College GameDay went to Cambridge in a rare non-FBS appearance.
The prettiest play of the game was this end-around touchdown pass by Harvard receiver Seitu Smith:
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