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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...revenge in 1931. The high-flying Crimson, sporting a 14-13 win over Army, went in the 1931 meeting undefeated and united. The game had barely started when Crickard of Harvard raced all the way to the Yale seven-yard line. As the Stadium crowd waited for the first Crimson touchdown, in the expected rout, the Bulldogs stiffened and held...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: 84 Seasons of Football's Greatest Rivalry | 11/20/1959 | See Source »

Since the entire first-line Yale backfield graduated in 1957, the Crimson might have had reason to hope for a better fate that fall. But quarterback Dick Winterbauer, who completed nine of 12 passes for 165 yards and three touchdowns in only 30 minutes of playing time, led the Blue to a 54-0 stomping over the injury-riddled varsity. Never before had a Crimson team been so humbled by Yale; it set the stage for revenge...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: 84 Seasons of Football's Greatest Rivalry | 11/20/1959 | See Source »

...score a 28-0 win over the hapless Eli eleven. Quarterback Charlie Ravenel, a brilliant play-caller and runner all day long, gained 105 yards on 16 carries and put the Crimson ahead to stay by going over from the five as the gun sounded to end the first half. Chet Boulris, Larry Repsher, and Albie Cullen, all of whom will see action tomorrow, scored second-half touchdowns as Harvard won The Game for the first time in four seasons...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: 84 Seasons of Football's Greatest Rivalry | 11/20/1959 | See Source »

...unbeaten and untied Winthrop touch football squad may not field as good a team at Yale as it has here because four of its first strong players are unable to attend. In its final game of the season, the Puritans crushed Adams, 71 to 19. After the first half, several starting players were able to leave since they were already winning 59 to 7. Winthrop faces Trumbull College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House, College Teams Face Yale In Climactic Contests of Season | 11/20/1959 | See Source »

During the late stages of the Ivy League race, a pattern was formed that converged inevitably on the game at New Haven. This afternoon, for the first time in formal Ivy Competition, the League championship will be waiting for the victors...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Varsity Soccer Team to Face Elis In Key Contest of Eastern Season | 11/20/1959 | See Source »

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