Word: botsford
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Junior tailback Matt Botsford placed fourth in total offense with 323 yards rushed and 21 passes completed for a total of 316 yards. Columbia's Claude Benham won the championship with 999 yards gained on passing attack and minus 14 yards on rushing for a total of 935 yards...
...Botsford also placed seventh in forward passing with his 316 yards gained, and fifth in punting. The Crimson back made 19 punts for an average gain of 31.1 yards. Benham won the forward passing championship and Penn's Lebengood took the punting title...
Harvard won the toss, and elected to receive. Cavallon kicked off to the 15, and Gianelly returned it to the 32. Gianelly was injured on the play and Oehmler came in to replace him and helped the Crimson to a first down, alternating with Botsford on plays through the line...
...Botsford was stopped by Tarasovic, however, and was forced to punt on the next play. He booted it 43 yards to the Yale 12, where Ward fell on his own fumble...
This time the Crimson began to move. Joslin carried to the 20. One pass failed, but then Botsford fired to the ten to Lewis, who fought for two more yards to the eight. Another pass to Dailey moved the ball to the one, but the Crimson could not score on its next three attempts. Then Yale took possession with about a minute to go, leading 7 to 0. The Elis made one first down and ran out the half...