Word: elis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...complexion of the game changed sharply in the third period. No one knows what Eli coach Jordan Olivar told his boys at halftime, but whatever he said, it worked...
...sparkled, as it had to if Harvard was to avoid disaster. Fullbacks Lew Williams and Terry Winslow cleared the ball time after time, breaking up Yale plays with constant precision. The real standout performer, though, was captain Tony Davies, who seemed to be all over the field, harassing the Eli halfbacks and forwards and setting up what offense the Crimson did manage to muster...
...Crimson spent the remainder of the game stemming Yale penetrations deep into Harvard territory. Time after time the Bulldogs reached the Harvard 30-yard line only to lose the ball on downs to the tough Crimson defense. One last desperate Eli effort failed when, with two minutes left to play, Watts' fourth down pass to Skubas from the Harvard 35 fell incomplete. Harvard then ran out the clock and, when the gun went off, ran off the field with Coach Henry Lamar on their shoulders...
...does the Harvard-Yale contest now pit the country's greatest players against each other in a head-to-head competition, as was the case for three fabulous seasons between 1929 and 1931. In those last glorious days of football at the two colleges Crimson quarterback Barry Wood and Eli halfback Albie Booth staged battles that were watched by every sports fan in the land...
...Eli scores came on less exciting plays, one on a penalty shot that the goalie missed and the other on a sharp blast by Yalie captain Joe Upton. But the Eli defense was tight enough to make the game exciting and to gain the final tie score...