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Word: game (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...recent death of F. J. Johnson, 1921 varsity quarterback, reminded many long-time Crimson followers of Harvard's famous defeat at the hands of Centre College's Praying Colonels. Loyal Crimson supporters have stoutly maintained over the years that the game reliable experts have called "the upset of the half-century" was in reality nothing of the sort...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 10/22/1959 | See Source »

...fast and preserved their triumph. Newspapers all over the country were quick to proclaim Centre's win as an upset. As years passed, the story of coach Charlie Moran's little country boys who prayed in the locker room before going out onto the field spread, and the 1921 game became a football legend...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 10/22/1959 | See Source »

...minutes of playing time, the varsity soccer squad will be a grimly determined group as it faces a tough M.I.T. eleven this afternoon here at 3 p.m. The Engineers have perenially been one of the Crimson's most stubborn opponents, and, with the varsity's offense currently silent, the game must be rated a toss...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Soccer Team to Face Tough MIT Squad In Effort to End Long Scoreless Spell | 10/20/1959 | See Source »

Without a strong ground game, the Lions didn't have enough power to win, but Dartmouth, with Bill Gundy throwing and Jack Crouthamel running, does. The line must improve its pass rush and the backfield its covering, if the Crimson is to stay in the first division...

Author: By Alexander Finley, | Title: Eleven Tramples Lions in 38-22 Victory | 10/19/1959 | See Source »

...Tell her something different for once, that you live in Bankok and go to the University of Thailand. You came to the game on your roommate's carrier pigeon; it was a pretty difficult trip, all in all, you could never keep the bird on its course. Then tell her that the Adriatic is beautiful at sunset, that the waves smell like honeysuckle and musk. Tell her something different for once...

Author: By Paul S. Cowan, | Title: Stab the Paper Dragon | 10/19/1959 | See Source »

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