Word: coachly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...1990s, all in all, have been a bit frustrating for Harvard football. Legendary long-time coach Joe Restic retired in 1993 with a winning percentage over .600, but his last winning season had been in 1987, and the program he turned over to former Cincinnati coach Tim Murphy was in need of revitalization. Murphy, who had succeeded at each of his previous two coaching jobs masterfully, had mediocre results in his first three seasons before putting it all together in 1997, the first season he coached an entire team he had selected in the recruiting process. The 1997 team went...
...Dunster House dining hall to give them bagels and coffee in exchange for a few ID numbers of students who wouldn't be dining in the dorm that day. Two years ago, the last time The Game was in New Haven, they hosted 42 people on a single coach...
Since its heartbreaking loss to Brown to open the 1999 season, the Yale football team has been on a roll, winning eight games in a row to post its longest winning streak since 1981. After a dismal 1-9 record in Coach Jack Siedlicki's first season at Yale in 1997, the Bulldogs showed vast improvement last year in going 6-4 to finish tied for second in the Ivy League. Siedlicki now looks to take the next step, with his team at 8-1 and poised to take a share of the league title...
...quarter. But then a 52-yard, wind-aided field goal by Princeton kicker Taylor Northrop with 3:32 left tied the game. On its next possession, led by Menick's rushing, the Crimson drove down to the one-foot-line with seven seconds left. On the last play, Harvard Coach Tim Murphy chose to let Wilford run a sneak instead of allowing Giampaolo to attempt a field goal. The gamble paid off, as Wilford made it in for the game-winning touchdown...
...Just being captain of the Harvard football team proves that Chris Eitzmann is a tremendous leader," Harvard Coach Tim Murphy said. "He leads the team by setting a great example for them, and he's one of the hardest-working kids in this program...