Word: defeatism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...defeat at the hands of Harvard's Ivy League championship team this fall weren't enough, Yale's football team has suffered another demoralizing blow. In honor of April Fool's Day, the weekly Yale Herald's March 27 issue features a front-page story announcing plans for the demolition of the Yale Bowl...
...Golden Knights swept both regular season games with the Crimson this year, most recently handing it a humiliating 5-1 defeat on Harvard's Senior night...
After capturing its third consecutive Ivy League championship--the first time any team has won three straight outright Ivy titles--Harvard made its third appearance in the NCAA Tournament the charm. The Crimson became the first 16 seed ever to defeat a one seed in the men's or women's Tournament by stunning fifth-ranked Stanford, 71-67, in its first-round matchup...
Maybe, just maybe, Harvard became the first unranked team to defeat Stanford on its home floor since 1988 because the Crimson received excellent performances from Miller, fellow junior Sarah Russell and senior Alison Seanor...
...biggest challenge Delaney-Smith and her team face is avoiding the emotional letdown that often comes with a victory of this magnitude when Harvard faces Arkansas in the second round of the Tournament tonight at 9 p.m. PST. But after becoming the first 16th-seeded team over to defeat a number one seed, the Crimson's confidence appears to have reached a new level...