Yale football picked up a big win over Brown on Saturday and in the stands, one fan was hitting a big milestone of his own.
Stu Cohen attended his 300th football game at the Yale Bowl. He started coming to games in 1964 when he was 14 years old. Now 68, Cohen has seen the Bulldogs win 11 Ivy League Championships, watched the New York Giants play in sub-zero temperatures and only missed one game. Cohen didn’t even miss the Harvard-Yale football game the day after his wedding.
Of course, he had some help. Cohen was an usher at the Yale Bowl for 25 years, but even then he’s been retired for 20 years. Football at the bowl has just always been in his blood.
"My great uncle was a trainer on the football team, my mother grew up across the street, my father down the street,” Cohen said.
Cohen says he started counting his games in 2004 when he found a media guide. Knowing he’d only missed the one, it was easy to figure out. Now, he saves and numbers all of his ticket stubs and still, all those years later, he can’t wait for Game No. 301.
"When I was a youngster it was hero worship,” said Cohen. “Now it's respect that they have...They're playing football for the pride and the fun."
