Word: championship
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Harvard's first victory over Yale in the Stadium came in 1913, when Charlie Brickley kicked five field goals to defeat the Blue, 15 to 5, and completed his feat of scoring all Harvard's points on its way to the Big Three championship...
...Game no longer decides the national championship, as it did for so many years. Nor does the Harvard-Yale contest now pit the country's greatest players against each other in head-to-head competition, as was the case for three fabulous seasons between 1929 and 1931. In those last glorious days of football at the two colleges Crimson quarterback Barry Wood and Eli halfback Albie Booth staged battles that were watched by every sport fan in the land. Still, when the ancient opponents take the field each year, a certain element exists which the trumped-up "big-time" clashes...
...last year's contests, the Crimson managed to reverse the tide of Blue victories by winning six of the 11 contests, including two of the three championship games. Leverett defeated Pierson College 34 to 26 for the touch football title, and the Adams soccer team blanked Pierson 2 to 0 to take the booting laurels. At the same time, Dunster lost its football game for the second year...
...undefeated Eliot soccer team marched to a 3 to 1 play-off victory over Dunster yesterday to clinch the House championship. Eliot wins the right to play Yale's champions, Calhoun College, tomorrow at New Haven...
Also at stake is the Big Three title. The Crimson seeks its first win in the round-robin competition since 1954, when the varsity beat Princeton, 14 to 9, and upset Yale, 13 to 9. The Bulldog team will be trying for its fourth Big Three championship in five years...