Word: greenes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only was it an upset--the Indians were figured as two-touchdown underdogs--but it marked the first Green victory in three home starts against the varsity, and provided appropriate recognition of Dartmouth's 75th football anniversary...
...took the Big Green only one play to figure out the reverse play--when Crimson wingback John Simourian gained 11 yards late in the first period. Two plays later, he tried it again. This time, the Indians were ready. Using a fourman line with a linebacker moving into the line after the start of the play, they throw Simourian for a three-yard loss, and bottled up almost every future attempt to use the play...
...lapse in the Crimson defense contributed to the Green triumph--when Bill Beagle let go with a soft 25-yard pass early in the second period. Because it was soft, it would have been easy to stop; because it was soft, however, it was also easy for an uncovered receiver to catch, as Monte Pascoe proved in the Crimson end zone...
Dartmouth's own line, reputed to be as green as its jerseys, held its own surprisingly well...
...healthy Dartmouth team that lost, and a large measure of the credit must go to fullback Don Beaver, who played his finest game of the year, and to goalies Lindsay Fischer, injured in the third period, and Elliot Finkelstein, who replaced him. With a more decisive defeat of the Green than Penn got, the Crimson ranks as the team to beat in the Ivy League. The Quakers will get the chance a week from today...