Word: contesters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lost in a massive pileup in front of the net and mystically reappeared in the loft corner of the goal. Both squads and the large crowd of spectators were dazed. The game for all practical purposes had ended there as Yale came completely apart. The remainder of the contest was only a formality...
These are three views of the play which brought to life a game that had been cautious and boring throughout. The bulk of the contest was characterized by a lethargic effort on the part of the Crimson and a mixture of hustle and dirty play by the Elis...
...contest was a defensive struggle played on a muddy field that limited the offenses of both teams. Harvard's veer offense, dependent on quick cuts by runners, was hurt by the field conditions. Quarterback Jim Stoeckel countered with his finest performance of the season, although many of his accurate throws were dropped by the Crimson receivers...
Winthrop House dropped the title touch football contest, but Leverett and Kirkland both won their contests. A squad of Harvard freshmen was overrun 40-6 in the fourth touch game...
...group does not have the visceral dislike of Carter it had of Nixon, Seib wrote, it is not "unfriendly toward Carter or sold on the idea that Kennedy would make a great President." Seib conceded, however, that "we of the media like conflict, tension, the suspense of contest. We like these things because they make good copy. Our banner might well carry the motto 'Let's You and Him Fight'... We desperately need a contest." That answer doesn't satisfy New York's Lieutenant Governor Mario M. Cuomo, a Carter Seib of the Post supporter...