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Now and then: keeping score

By Mark Alden Branch ’86 | 12:00am October 01 2026

In October 1936, we noted the arrival of a new "electric scoreboard" at the Yale Bowl. The clock was electric, but the other information was posted by hand the old-fashioned way. As visitors to the Bowl for the Bulldogs' home opener against Merrimack College on Saturday will notice, Yale has upgraded since then (second photo).

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