Word: game
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...game of 1909 was not destined to be a breakthrough for modern football. Both teams relied on their rushing attack and on their rock-solid defenses...
Against Army early in the season, Harvard had run its flying wedge over the goal line from the two, killing the famous Army captain Gene Byrne, who was posthumously listed on Walter Camp's All-American team of 1909. The wedge play did win the game 9-0 for the Crimson, however...
...become one of the longest of Harvard's long traditions, but The Game tomorrow will be the first time in 59 years that both teams have entered the contest undefeated...
That famous Eli-Crimson contest in 1909 featured the old brand of hit-'em-while-they're-down football. The Houghton Machine that Harvard coach Percy Houghton fielded that year had already trounced eight teams before the decisive game with scores as high...
...result of the incident, Army broke off its series with Harvard and the old Ivy League initiated the first of its new reforms, including the free substitution rule allowing players to return to a game after they are taken...