Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...overwhelming defeat and there are no excuses. Harvard brought down a splendidly finished team good in all-round play, with a consistent kicking game worked to its limit against a team unable to handle punts. The Harvard team deserves every credit...
...praise is due to the coaches for the memorable success which has crowned their efforts to develop a winning team out of inexperienced material. Coach Haughton, in particular, is deserving of the highest recognition. He succeeded in building up an alert, aggressive and clever eleven which was able to defeat team after team of superior weight and strength. Although the new rules have favored the crushing attack of heavy teams, Coach Haughton has taught comparatively light players to cope with this disadvantage through recourse to their greater speed and by alertness to profit by opponents' errors. For five years...
...gruelling practice and to put forth every ounce of energy and every bit of strategy in order to win. Harvard's team is fast and aggressive; Yale's, though somewhat slow, is powerful. Both teams are remarkable for their fighting qualities and play their best in the face of defeat. The game today is to be a tremendous struggle, and we have every confidence that the Harvard team will not only display brilliant football ability, but will play with that fighting spirit which it has displayed throughout the season and which generally spells victory...
Never has there been a more critical moment in Harvard's athletic career than will be marked by the game tomorrow afternoon. Since Coach Haughton took charge of the team the series with Yale has resulted in a victory, a defeat, and two tie games. A victory tomorrow will prove to all that the rejuvenation of football at Harvard is a permanent matter and not a mere flash...
...University team has already demonstrated its worth against strong opponents. It has shown that it knows how to play good football, but better than this it has shown an indomitable courage which changes defeat into victory. We are confident that the same fighting qualities will be seen tomorrow; win or lose, we are proud of the team which possesses them...