Word: brownness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard, ranked third in the nation, now stands alone at the top of the Ivy League standings with a perfect 4-0 record. Penn, previously undefeated and rated fourth in the country, and Brown trail the Crimson by a full game...
...Princeton. When Rutgers crushed the Tigers; 29-0, in late September, people tended to think that the Tigers weren't the contenders they were supposed to be. But now Princeton is 4-0 in the league, including a 42-0 win over Penn and a 33-6 thrashing of Brown the last two Saturdays...
...first period was nearly over, and already the contest was potentially a Harvard rout. With John Brown, a former defensive back, at quarterback because of injuries and undependable substitutes. Penn could not hope to achieve offensive consistency against Harvard's impregnable defensive line. The only chance for Penn to score as much as it had to was to beat Harvard at field position, and poor punts were killing the Quakers...
...Quaker defense stopped the Crimson without a first down, and although Harvard had easily dominated the game, it was still only six points ahead. Penn was still not moving-it gained only about 150 yards in total offense all afternoon-but there was still a chance that the scrambling Brown could break loose sometime. Harvard clearly needed another touchdown...
...taking these themes seriously, Lonesome Cowboys becomes a real Western. It's designed to be one: its brown-red-yellow tones, its surface-emphasizing grain, its often intensive cutting evoke the mood of the non-epic Western more successfully than any recent film. And like true Westerns, Lonesome Cowboys knows its themes and situations are myths about modern experience...