Word: game
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Bruins made one last effort to give the game away, only to be foiled again. This time halfback Bob Carlin fumbled on his own 40 and the ball bounced tantalizingly at the feet of three Crimson players. But in his rattled attempt to pick it up and run--an illegal action anyway--one of them booted the ball out of bounds and back into Brown's possession...
Probably disheartened by these muffed chances, the varsity then gave way be- fore the Bruin's relentless touchdown march, the score coming on the game's last play, a roll-out by quarterback Frank Finney...
...Halaby was clearly the Crimson's star of the game. Breaking away from tacklers as he did so well last year, he covered 146 yards on the ground, with an average of 10.5 yards per carry. Most of this, of course, came on his astounding 84-yard scoring dash, the longest Harvard run from scrimmage in the memory of most spectators...
None of the entrants guessed the correct score of Saturday's game, but this was not through lack of effort. One ambitious prognosticator tried his luck 286 times, and lost...
Throughout the entire first half, the Crimson attack was a delight to watch. The forwards passed and shot excellently as they kept up a withering attack on the Bruin goal. Crimson coach Bruce Munro lauded the team after the game, saying, "I haven't seen such precision bombing since I left the Air Force...