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Lloyd Jordan's offensive and defensive strategy recalled to many observers the Harvard-Yale game of 1946 in which Dick Harlow's underdog Crimson team threw a mighty scare into a nationally ranked Yale eleven...
Jordan used the Harlow-developed "butterfly" defense throughout the game in an attempt to hamper Yale's steady gaining ground attack. The "butterfly" featured an eight-man line with constantly changing patterns of charging, slanting, and looping...
...offense, Jordan sprang the double wing on Yale in an attempt to befuddle the Yale secondary. If the backers-up played wide Jordan hoped to go up the middle with passing and running; if they played close together, he hoped to run and pass outside the ends. In 1946, Harlow's double wing did just that, and the Crimson piled up a quick 14-point lead...
...provided the next great upset in Harvard-Yale history. Yale was undefeated until it reached the Stadium that year, and Richard Cresson Harlow's third Harvard team was definitely the underdog. Harlow had lost his first two Yale games and, when Yale tied the score at six all in the third period, it seemed obvious that Harlow would drop his third straight...
...eight to six split. There are very few people who would wager on a Crimson victory this year, but a glance at the record indicates that the Harvard-Yale games, it appears, are a possibility of an upset is not too remote history apart from the regular season.DICK HARLOW, famous Crimson Coach, tried to make a post-war comeback, but had to retire because of poor health, being succeeded by Art Valpey and Lloyd Jordan, in that order...