- I attended the famous Harvard-Yale football game as a Yale freshman for the first time.
- I went tailgating, stripped in the stadium, and chanted as Yale won the game.
- The rival weekend is one of my favorite events of college so far.
The Harvard-Yale rivalry is unlike any other, and as a Yale student, I recently learned firsthand just how deep this rivalry went.
The two schools are more known for producing academics than athletes, but for one weekend a year, we come together for one of the oldest college-football rivalry games.
The 139th iteration of The Game took place in November, and it was my first as a college freshman; the lead-up to the big game was also my first Harvard-Yale weekend.
Here’s what the famous experience was like for me.
