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Yale Stuns Harvard After Climate Protest Delays Football Game
The Harvard-Yale football game was delayed due to a peaceful protest over climate change. The game was decided in double overtime.
NEW HAVEN, CT — The Harvard-Yale football game at the historic Yale Bowl was delayed by almost 40 minutes Saturday afternoon after fans from both universities flooded the field for a peaceful protest involving climate change, according to media reports.
The protest started small with about 50 people but soon grew to nearly 1,000. The second half kickoff was delayed as Harvard led Yale 15 to 3 in the annual rivalry game. Once the game resumed, Yale won an absolute thriller in double overtime 50-43 over Harvard. Yale trailed 36-19 in the fourth quarter before scoring a touchdown and recovering an onside kick, which turned the game around.
The protest targeted both universities and a pamphlet used by protesters read, “When Harvard and Yale invest in companies that destroy our planet, and (its) people, they are complicit in the climate crisis - nobody wins. Inaction is no longer acceptable," according to Hearst Connecticut.
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Some people chanted, “Hey hey, ho ho, fossil fuels have got to go,” according to the Associated Press via WTNH News 8.
I’m proud to support the students of @DivestHarvard and @FossilFreeYale who disrupted #HarvardYale today to call for fossil fuel divestment. When our richest universities are invested in the destruction of the planet #NobodyWins.
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) November 23, 2019
Some people in the stands yelled "drag them off the field!" concerning protesters, the New York Times reports. The protest ended after most fans left on their own while a a dozen or two were arrested, according to the AP.
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Police are cuffing and arresting the climate protesters at Harvard Yale football game.
— Ryan (@RyanMaue) November 23, 2019
Harvard-Yale game delayed by student protest over climate injustice. (via @lim_woojin)pic.twitter.com/2yEjivdRJw
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 23, 2019
At halftime of Harvard-Yale a sit in protesting climate issues has broken out on the field, at least delaying the second half and the way the protest is growing I would be shocked if the game continues. pic.twitter.com/2BWCU2fLuI
— Joel Sherman (@Joelsherman1) November 23, 2019
Peaceful protest breaks up at Yale-Havard game. "The Game must resume," announcer says. pic.twitter.com/t8VD5dGZh2
— Paul Hughes (@RA_PaulHughes) November 23, 2019
The Harvard-Yale football game has been delayed due to students protesting climate change in the middle of the field. pic.twitter.com/uY9Kc3Mn32
— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) November 23, 2019
You know what’s more important than a football game? The survival of the human race Complain all you want but if we don’t do something now Harvard won’t be able to continue beating Yale 100 years from now because there will be no human race. #HarvardYale
— David Hogg text VOTE to 954-954 (@davidhogg111) November 23, 2019
I congratulate & thank @fossilfreeyale & @DivestHarvard & the work of young activists around the globe who are calling for urgent change to the status quo. Harvard and Yale, it’s time to divest. Because when it comes to the further destruction of our planet #nobodywins pic.twitter.com/015ZQ64CcI
— Daryl Hannah (@dhlovelife) November 23, 2019
FOOOOOTBAAAALLL: Bulldogs win 50-43 in 2OT! Up there with the greatest. pic.twitter.com/AqMIsxB3OZ
— YDN Sports (@YDNsports) November 23, 2019
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