Word: harvard
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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...
Nearly everyone knows the story. The Kentuckians from the little backwoods college met the mighty varsity on its home ground and outplayed it, 6 to 0. For Harvard, it was the first loss in five years of football greatness...
Those close to Harvard football in 1921 were not ignorant of the Crimson's deficiencies. An open letter from R. B. Wigglesworth, member of the Football Advisory Committee, published in the CRIMSON after the Centre contest said, "Harvard's defeat Saturday at the hands of Centre College demonstrates conclusively the critical condition of the University eleven...
rect. The Crimson managed only a field goal in losing to a twice-beaten Princeton eleven, 10 to 3. It was the first Tiger victory over a Harvard eleven in ten years. One week later, a nonchalant varsity, with seven first-string players watching Yale play in New Haven, barely edged a powerless Brown squad...
...line filler at the end of the CRIMSON'S acocunt of the Yale game is worth noting. At the end of a season when mighty Harvard had to struggle to score 101 points, the filler had this to say about the frightened little Praying Colonels: "Centre scored 246 points...