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Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 (2008)
7.3 Rating
105 min
For the first time since 1909, the football teams of Harvard and Yale were each undefeated with 6–0 records in their conference (8–0 overall) when they met for their season's final game on November 23, 1968 at Harvard Stadium.
105 min
For the first time since 1909, the football teams of Harvard and Yale were each undefeated with 6–0 records in their conference (8–0 overall) when they met for their season's final game on November 23, 1968 at Harvard Stadium.
Led by their quarterback captain Brian Dowling, nationally-ranked Yale was heavily favored to win and they quickly led the game 22–0.
With two minutes remaining on the clock they still led 29–13.
As the last seconds ticked down, Harvard, coached by John Yovicsin, tied the game, scoring 16 points in the final 42 seconds.
The Harvard Crimson declared victory with a famous headline, "Harvard Beats Yale 29–29," providing the title for Rafferty's documentary.
Created essentially as a one-man production, Rafferty followed a simple production plan by inter-cutting broadcast video of the game with interviews he'd done with close to 50 of the surviving players.
The documentary includes game footage with contemporary interviews with the men who played that day, as well as contextual commentary about the Vietnam War, the sexual revolution, Garry Trudeau's Yale cartoons, and various players' relationships with George W. Bush (Yale), Al Gore (Harvard), and Meryl Streep (Vassar).
Country: United States
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Sports
Released: September 5, 2008
Director: Kevin Rafferty
Production: Kino International, Gravitas Ventures
Cast: Full Cast Listed
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Sports
Released: September 5, 2008
Director: Kevin Rafferty
Production: Kino International, Gravitas Ventures
Cast: Full Cast Listed
Tommy Lee Jones – Harvard guard
Brian Dowling – Yale quarterback (team captain)
Don Gillis – sportscaster
George Bass – Yale tackle
Frank Champi – Harvard quarterback
George Lalich – Harvard quarterback
Gus Crim – Harvard fullback
Bruce Freeman – Harvard end
Rick Frisbie – Harvard cornerback
Vic Gatto – Harvard halfback (team captain)
Kyle Gee – Yale tackle
J.P. Goldsmith – Yale safety
Calvin Hill – Yale halfback (archive footage)
Ray Hornblower – Harvard halfback
Ron Kell – Yale defensive back
Mick Kleber – Yale guard
Bob Levin – Yale fullback
Ted Livingston – Yale tackle
Fred Morris – Yale center
Ted Skowronski – Harvard center
Bruce Weinstein – Yale end
Mike Bouscaren – Yale linebacker
Robert Dowd – Harvard tackle
Fritz Reed – Harvard tackle
Pat Conway – Harvard safety
Pete Varney – Harvard tight end
Nick Davidson – Yale halfback
Jim Gallagher – Yale defensive end
Fran Gallagher – Yale defensive end
John Ignacio – Harvard cornerback
Del Marting – Yale end
Bruce Weinstein – Yale tight end
Dick Williams – Yale middle guard
Jim Reynolds – Harvard halfback
Pete Hall – Harvard defensive end
Tom Peacock – Yale tackle
Joe McKinney – Harvard defensive end
Rick Berne – Harvard defensive tackle
Alex MacLean – Harvard middle guard
Dale Neal – Harvard linebacker
Gary Farneti – Harvard linebacker
Rich Mattas – Yale tackle
Scott Robinson – Yale defensive end
Tom Wynne – Harvard safety
Neil Hurley – Harvard cornerback
Mike Ananis – Harvard cornerback
John Cramer – Harvard defensive end
John Waldman – Yale cornerback
Bill Kelly – Harvard quarterback
Ken Thomas – Harvard safety
Brad Lee – Yale guard
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