Word: harvard
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson will be counting heavily on Commodore Parker to finish well. If he does, good support from Carlos Rodriguez and Tom Munnell might enable Harvard to take the day from...
...Columbia's last to date, came in one of the most exciting encounters in a series that dates back to 1877. Despite the span of 82 years, only 17 games have been played in the ancient rivalry, with Harvard winning 10 and the Lions seven...
Benham, the Lions' 5 ft., 8 in. quarterback, tried a short pass, which was almost intercepted by Harvard captain Ted Metropoulos but merely fell incomplete. Thus reprieved, Benham went to the air again, heaving a pass from his own 31 to the Harvard 33. Since everyone in New York's Baker Field was expecting a pass, Crimson safety man Matt Botsford was in position to deflect the ball. Deflect it he did--right into the hands of Spraker on the 25--and the Lion halfback covered the last 25 yards without a hand laid...
...football at Harvard was just beginning to capture the fancy of the undergraduates; it was in that year that the Crimson promoted the sport to a place in its "Sporting Column," lifting it from the department entitled "Brevities." On the eve of the Columbia contest, the Crimson observed, "The men do not fall on the ball enough; they must get accustomed to throwing themselves on the ball, instead of dancing round outside of a scrimmage, and expecting the ball to be kicked out to them ... Our men do not tackle hard enough; they should try to throw their man every...
...series resumed after a 18-year break in 1900. Harvard won that year, 24 to 0, and in 1901, 18 to 0. Then the rivalry lapsed for 47 years, until 1948, when the two teams, ranked among the weak sisters of the Ivy League, engaged in one of the wildest games in Harvard history...