Word: crimsoning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fickle wind, and a rejuvenated Dartmouth eleven combined to give the Crimson its second loss of the season Saturday, 9 to 0. Grinding out their victory under ragged clouds and torrential rains, the Indians upset all predictions as they produced the most potent ground offense the Crimson has seen this year, and thoroughly destroyed its hopes for the Ivy League title...
Most discouraging for the Crimson, however, was that the rain, by putting a damper on Gundy's throwing arm, should have insured the predicted Crimson victory. The varsity was well aware of its own strong running attack and thought that the best chance for a Dartmouth win lay in Gundy's aerials...
...brunt of the Indian offense came on the ground. Led by Lee Horschman and Ken DeHaven, the Indian line opened up great chasms in the Crimson defense and prevented any prolonged Crimson marches...
Down 6 to 0 towards the end of the third quarter, the varsity received a punt on their 27-yard line and moved steadily to a first down on the Dartmouth 37. In three plays the Crimson moved to the 29, but with fourth and two Chet Boulris was stopped by DeHaven after a gain of one yard. The advance stopped, and Dartmouth remained in control for the rest of the game...
Slowed by the quagmire which spread over much of the field, the Crimson backs were often late in hitting their holes, and running around the ends became practically impossible...