Word: crimsons
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...first game in history the CRIMSON had not won by a score of 23-2. President Nathan M. Pusey, denying that the CRIMSON is de-emphasizing football, noted that "on any given Sunday, any given team can beat any other given team in this league." President Pusey gets $75,000 annually as President of Harvard, plus first dibs on the bullhorn in the event of student riots and an annual banquet by the Cambridge fuzz...
...CRIMSON was penalized 15 yards at the outset, for suspicion of possession of narcotics. Aided by a two-yard gain and three consecutive 15-yard penalties, the fighting Niemans drove 47 yards. The first penalty against the CRIMSON was for impudence: the second came when officials called the entire CRIMSON line for unnecessary effeteness; on the third play, the CRIMSON linebacker was called for snobbery...
...CRIMSON scored in the first quarter when a long-haired child bearing much resemblance to a draft-dodger tossed a lucky pass to another of his ilk; the same thing unaccountably happened again in the third quarter. Meanwhile, the CRIMSON tacked on a disputed safety which the Niemans have threatened to refer to Dean Ernest May for adjudication (ed. note: Dean May, through a spokesman, said the matter would be referred to six committees, a Faculty Club vote, and the class...
Though down 0-14 and with their restive fans singing "Goodbye Dwight." (an obvious reference to Dwight Sargent. Nieman group curator who had before today yet to defeat the CRIMSON) the Niemans continued to play unusually clean and to think well of the Vietnam war. They also suffered rain, snow, and a hailstorm: the CRIMSON, on the other hand, had the sunny end of the field...
...Niemans won after claiming a 3-point penalty when the CRIMSON failed to provide free beer at a post-game gathering as required in the original contract. The Nieman vote to accept the definitive three points passed 8-7; Larry L. King cast the deciding vote. "It was a team victory." King modestly said in accepting the Most Valuable Player award...