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Word: contests (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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ORANGE BOWL: Florida State (11-0) vs. Oklahoma (10-1)--Watch this game. Watch Billy Sims run wild over the FSU defense in his final college contest. Watch Jimmy Jordan hit Jackle Flowers with three TD passes for the Seminoles. Oklahoma 35, Florida State...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Bowling for Scholars | 12/11/1979 | See Source »

...hour contest was a test of endurance, plagued by frustrating calls by the referees, countless turnovers, poor shooting and hectic, fast-paced play...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hoopsters Grab First Victory | 12/11/1979 | See Source »

...times, the contest looked more like a football scrimmage than a basketball game. Repeated fast breaks left players breathless and the score unchanged, while long passes sailed into opposing team hands like backfield interceptions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hoopsters Grab First Victory | 12/11/1979 | See Source »

Nearly two and a half hours after Harvard coach Frank McLaughlin received Fordham's distinguished alumni award, his squad lost an agonizing double-overtime contest to the Rams, 81-78, here in Rose Hill Gymnasium...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Cagers Tumble in Double OT | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Neither team looked particularly impressive during the contest's opening minutes. With both squads using zone presses and defenses, the ball rarely got near the basket. Led by 5-ft. 1-in. guard Mary Monahan and forward Nellie Duncan, the Quakers were the first to pull themselves together, jumping to a 9-2 lead after six minutes...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: UPenn Edges Women Hoopsters, 72-70 | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

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