Word: contests
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first half of the contest looked like a rerun of most of the booters' season, outplaying a weak Tufts team yet failing to score. Harvard controlled the ball and completed its passes but could not seem to move it up the field effectively or get off any shots...
...might even have been better for the demoralized Crimson if Howe had made the intercontinental attempt, since it would have added a tone of finality to the frustration-wrought contest...
...perhaps the most unexpected event came when Harvard coach Joe Restic, the silver-haired, silver-tongued gridiron executive who at times makes you believe he'd be better off in the White House instead of Dillon Field House, analyzed the contest with a Freudian-Rocknean slip...
...Jekyll-Hyde skit of a week ago against Dartmouth was nothing compared to the offensive overdrive which opened the second half. With 30 minutes to go in the contest, it was 14-3 Princeton. With 25 minutes, 15 seconds remaining it was Harvard 24-14. You almost had to wonder whether the Palmer Stadium clock was observing Daylight Savings Time, for no "also-ran" football team can score that quickly...
...Navarro's presence has not proved a magical elixir to the win-thirsty Tigers whose record on the eve of today's contest with the Crimson is 1-3-1. Navarro has been trying to implement the much-vaunted veer offense at Princeton and the fifteen starters returning from last year's team have been sorely taxed to memorize the new series...