Word: minutemen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Still, Harvard has the psychological edge, having topped Brown in the teams' past four encounters. And although the Crimson registered its first loss of the season Tuesday in a thrilling, 4-3 overtime game against Massachusetts, the Minutemen had previously embarrassed Brown...
Although the Crimson continued to threaten the Minutemen until the horn sounded in overtime, several good scoring opportunities developed into "if onlies" instead of goals...
...Minutemen's field measured 20 yards shorter and 10 yards narrower than the Crimson's home field. This length--or lack of it--reduced midfield play, which increased both congestion in the goal areas and scoring opportuiities...
Today the Crimson travels to Amherst to take on UMass, whose sizzling 10-1 record also propelled them to a berth in the Eastern tourney. Although the Minutemen handed the Harvard booters the only loss of their 1978 season, this year's Crimson squad has improved on last year's performance. And regardless of the outcome of today's match, the Crimson will continue to play some of the--if not the--best soccer in the East...
...next drive, Harvard posted its only points of the day, but not before the Crimson offset a helpful UMass face-masking penalty with a clipping violation of its own. Nonetheless, the Crimson rumbled to the Minutemen's 18-yd. line sparked by a 52-yd. Buchanan-to-Horner fly pattern. Then Connors took on option play and lofted a pass into the endzone, where Horner ripped the ball from a UMass defender's fingers for the score...