Word: defeat
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...University association football team defeated Columbia in the Stadium Saturday afternoon by the score of 3 to 0. Harvard is now ranked second in the intercollegiate league, Haverford and Columbia being tied for first place. This is the first defeat for Columbia for two years, during which time they have held the championship...
...University team, with the exception of the preliminary round of the intercollegiates, has not suffered defeat this season, having defeated Springfield Training School, Bowdoin, and Princeton by large scores, besides winning a 5 to 4 victory over Yale and a 6 to 3 victory over West Point...
...view of the loss of the regular players for this evening's contest and the recognized strength of the Ithacan seven, a defeat would not be a reflection on the team's real ability. Should the University team outplay its opponents, however, such a performance would furnish striking proof of the latent strength of the University squad and evidence of the skillful coaching of Mr. Winsor...
...costly mistakes and to Yale's powerful defence and superior generalship. Although the Harvard team was backed by the prestige of an unbroken series of victories this fall and was strong enough to make twice as many first downs as Yale in Saturday's game, yet Yale kept off defeat by an alertness which recovered every Harvard fumble occurring within scoring distance of Yale's goal...
Such a demonstration will, therefore, accomplish two things. It will convince the team that behind it in the stands on Saturday there is to be a cheering section determined to defeat Yale. And it will pay no slight tribute to the policy that wins games and wins them fairly and squarely...