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Harvard Football competes against Yale in the 140th meeting of The Game at Harvard Stadium on November 23, 2024.
Dylan Goodman
34
Winner Yale YAL 7-3 , 4-3
29
Harvard HAR 8-2 , 5-2
Winner
Yale YAL
7-3 , 4-3
34
Final
29
Harvard HAR
8-2 , 5-2
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
YAL Yale 0 14 10 10 34
HAR Harvard 0 7 0 22 29

Game Recap: Football |

No. 21/17 Football Drops Season Finale to Yale

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – No. 21/17 Harvard Football fell to Yale in the 140th playing of The Game on Saturday at Harvard Stadium, 34-29. The Crimson, which entered the day riding a seven-game winning streak, finishes the season with an 8-2 record and a 5-2 mark in the Ivy League. The Bulldogs, meanwhile, end the campaign at 7-3 (4-3 Ivy).

How It Happened

  • Yale was the first to get on the scoreboard as Grant Jordan connected with Chase Nenad for the 13-yard touchdown with 12:38 left in the second quarter.
  • Jaden Craig helped Harvard knot the score at 7-7 with 6:25 left in the first half, when he found an open Cooper Barkate for the 44-yard touchdown. The scoring drive took all of two plays after Scott Woods II put the Crimson on the plus side of the field after a 23-yard punt return.
  • The Bulldogs moved ahead on the scoreboard on their next possession as Josh Pitsenberger rushed for an 11-yard TD, punctuating a 5-play, 76-yard drive, with 4:00 left in the second quarter. Yale ended up taking the 14-7 lead into halftime.
  • Yale increased its lead to 21-7 when Abu Kamara picked off a Craig pass and returned it for a TD. The Bulldogs moved ahead by two touchdowns with 13:47 to go in the third.
  • Yale added to its advantage with a 30-yard field goal from Nick Conforti with 57 seconds left in the third.
  • On Harvard's first play of the fourth quarter, Craig and Woods II hooked up for a 28-yard TD. Instead of going for the PAT, the Crimson went for two, with Craig tossing a pass to Charles DePrima to get the hosts to within nine points at 24-15 with 14:52 left in regulation.
  • Yale made it a 30-15 advantage with 12:41 left in the fourth when Jordan's short pass to Pitsenberger ended up covering 39 yards for the touchdown. The Bulldogs' PAT was good to make it a 31-15 lead.
  • Craig and the offense continued to march forward and was rewarded for its persistence as the QB found Barkate in the back corner of the endzone for a 5-yard TD. The Crimson then converted another 2-point try when Woods II hauled in another pass. The sequence helped Harvard slice its deficit to 31-23 with 8:58 to go.
  • Yale used a 36-yard field goal with 2:07 left to push its advantage to 34-23.
  • With just over two minutes to orchestrate a comeback, Harvard moved the ball into the redzone, with Xaviah Bascon scampering into the endzone for the 5-yard TD. A failed 2-point attempt, however, made it a 34-29 Bulldogs edge with 18 seconds left.
  • Harvard attempted an onside kick on the ensuing kickoff, but Yale recovered to escape with the victory.  

Team Notes

  • Harvard finishes its season with eight wins, marking its second straight 8-win campaign and third in the last four seasons.
  • Harvard has posted four consecutive seasons with at least six wins for the first time since 2013-16. The 2013-16 streak was part of a 16-season run.
  • The Crimson has earned at least a share of the Ivy League title the last two seasons. It's the first time Harvard's won back-to-back titles since 2014-15 as part of a three-titles-in-three-years stretch.
  • Harvard shares its 19th Ivy League title with Dartmouth and Columbia as both teams won their respective finales. 

Tim Murphy Field

  • In the second quarter, Harvard Athletics announced the home of Harvard Football will proudly bear the name, Tim Murphy Field at Harvard Stadium, beginning next season. The tribute was made possible through the generosity of dedicated football alumni, who established the Tim Murphy Harvard Football Fund, to honor his legacy through perpetual support of Harvard Football.

Player Notes

  • Cooper Barkate (8 receptions, 169 yards, 2 TD): Set a career high with 169 receiving yards… Recorded his fifth 100-yard game of the season… Caught multiple TDs for the fourth time this season… Became just the second Crimson player to reach the double-digit plateau for TD receptions in a single season… Finished the year with 11 receiving touchdowns, falling one short of the single-season school record (Carl Morris '03 had 12 in 2001).
  • Jaden Craig (21 completions, 292 yards, 3 TDs): Logged his seventh multi-passing-TD game of the campaign and fifth with at least three TDs… Finished the season with 23 passing TDs, the second most in Harvard single-season history.
  • Ty Bartrum (8 tackles): Recorded his sixth game this season with at least eight tackles.
  • Scott Woods II (5 receptions, 62 yards, 1 TD): Scored his third receiving TD of the season when he found paydirt on the first play of the fourth quarter… Has scored a touchdown in his two home games vs. Yale.
  • Nick Yagodich (10 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1.5 TFL): Recorded a career high with 10 tackles… Set a career high for tackles for loss (entered with 1.0 on the season).
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