Word: crimson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Tigers again crushed the Crimson, 41 to 21, in 1952, but the tide was turning. Princeton had to battle for a 6-0 win in 1953, and the following two years saw Crimson victories, by 14-9 and 7-6 margins. In 1956, the Tigers reversed the trend with a 35-20 decision, and Harvard lost again...
Last fall, a Crimson comeback led by quarterback Charlie Ravenel nearly produced a tie against a powerful Princeton eleven, but Ravenel fell one yard short on his conversion attempt...
There are two main reasons for the Stadium's ascendency in this realm. First, the Crimson annually schedules more home games than most other teams--often as many as six or seven a season. Second, and most important is the obvious reason: Harvard Stadium is the oldest structure of its kind in America...
...dull and unequal contest, the Crimson bowed to the Indians, 11 to 0. Dartmouth's Turner, the starting right tackle, scored both of the Big Green's touchdowns out of the "tackle-back" formation. Vaughn kicked the goal after Turner's first tally, and that was all the point-making either team could manage. The unusual final score can be laid to the fact that touchdowns were then worth five points. Judged by the standards of the Crimson teams of the early 1900's, the 1903 squad was only fair. Before the Dartmouth encounter, the Crimson had dropped...
...once-beaten, thrice-tied Bulldog eleven that came to the Stadium in 1913 was not the team that had dominated the Harvard-Yale series for so long. Further, the Crimson was undefeated, and needed only a win over Yale to become undisputed Eastern champions...