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Students Honor Tradition By Stripping Naked At Yale-Harvard Football Game

Their parents must be so proud.

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BOSTON, MA - NOVEMBER 19: (EDITORS NOTE: Image contains nudity.) Naked fans cheer during the game between the Yale Bulldogs and the Harvard Crimson at Harvard Stadium on November 19, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

By Dan Avery

November 20, 2016 / 6:57 PM

Yale and Harvard are longtime football rivals, but one of the more exciting elements of Saturday's game took place off the field: A dozen students stripped naked and mooned the crowd, honoring a 45-year-old tradition.

Gameplay at Harvard Stadium was delayed by a dozen Yalies mooning the Crimson (and flashing their fellow Bulldog fans).

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BOSTON, MA - NOVEMBER 19: (EDITORS NOTE: Image contains nudity.) Naked fans cheer during the game between the Yale Bulldogs and the Harvard Crimson at Harvard Stadium on November 19, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

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BOSTON, MA - NOVEMBER 19: (EDITORS NOTE: Image contains nudity.) Naked fans cheer during the game between the Yale Bulldogs and the Harvard Crimson at Harvard Stadium on November 19, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

It began in 1970, when a single Yale student mooned Harvard boosters. The following years, some of his classmates joined him and the "Sayville strip"—named for one of Yale's residential colleges—has been a regular occurrence ever since.

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BOSTON, MA - NOVEMBER 19: (EDITORS NOTE: Image contains nudity.) A naked fan talks with a policeman during the game between the Yale Bulldogs and the Harvard Crimson at Harvard Stadium on November 19, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

The Yale Daily News explains the ritual:

With two minutes left in the third quarter, a cry of, “Shoes,” rises from the fans underneath the Saybrook flag. As the third quarter winds to a close, the cry grows feverish as Saybrook students spin their shoes in the air in anticipation.

Finally, with a cry of, “Bif, bop, bam, bip. We are Saybrook, watch us strip,” the strip is on.

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BOSTON, MA - NOVEMBER 19: Adam Scott #13 of the Harvard Crimson is tackled by Jason Alessi #19 of the Yale Bulldogs in the second quarter of a game at Harvard Stadium on November 19, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

We're not sure if the nudity helped, but Yale did win, 21-14.

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BOSTON, MA - NOVEMBER 19: Students cheer during the game between the Yale Bulldogs and the Harvard Crimson at Harvard Stadium on November 19, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

The weather, if you're curious, was 50 degrees and sunny.

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BOSTON, MA - NOVEMBER 19: Reed Klubnik #14 the Yale Bulldogs reacts after scoring a touchdown in the fourth quarter of a game against the Harvard Crimson at Harvard Stadium on November 19, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

BOSTON, MA - NOVEMBER 19: (EDITORS NOTE: Image contains nudity.) Naked fans cheer during the game between the Yale Bulldogs and the Harvard Crimson at Harvard Stadium on November 19, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

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BOSTON, MA - NOVEMBER 19: Students cheer during the game between the Yale Bulldogs and the Harvard Crimson at Harvard Stadium on November 19, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Adam Glanzman/Getty Images)

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