HARVARD-YALE PRANKS

1933: Handsome Dan II, Yale mascot, was kidnapped by members of the Lampoon before the Game, according to The Harvard Crimson. Later on, he was seen licking meat rubbed on the feet of the John Harvard statue. How’s that for lip service?



1962: Harvard Band members took an early morning stroll through New Haven, playing their instruments at 3 a.m. The Crimson reported that their enthusiasm, however, earned them a night in the New Haven slammer.



1963: Widener Library’s pillars were disgraced with “Beat Harvard” spelled out in blue paint. The removal was costly, and the Elis won (boo), but the perpetrators were slapped with a suspension.



1982: MIT’s Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity rigged a large black weather balloon to emerge out of the field’s 45-yard line during the second quarter of the game. Affectionately named “The Blob,” said balloon was emblazoned with the school’s name. “MIT 1, Harvard-Yale 0,” read the headline in the Boston Herald the next day.