Word: penn
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson's record in league competition is two wins and two losses. The varsity defeated Penn, 27 to 3, and Coloumbia, 15 to 11, while losing to Princeton and Cornell...
Currently, Princeton is in third with a 7-3 record, while Columbia (6-4) holds down fourth, only one game ahead of Harvard (5-5). But the Lions will in all probability trample hapless Cornell tonight, and has games against weak Brown and Penn left on its schedule...
...Tigers, therefore, are the team to pass, if the varsity is to gain the coveted first division berth. Princeton must still play first place Dartmouth, as well as Columbia and Penn. The possibility that Harvard might achieve fourth place was not even imagined at the beginning of the year, and thus, even if it fails in its bid, the season can be considered a success...
...this observer, the Penn victory was the most significant one thus far. The Crimson did something that it consistently failed to do in the past, come back after it had blown a giant lead. Crimson teams in the past often built up leads, but once they lost the advantage, they could never recover...
After the victories over Boston College, Princeton, Williams, Cornell, and Penn, the Crimson faces Princeton and Yale away this week; and Dartmouth and Yale at home next week. The way the team is playing, one or two victories would not be unexpected. But the real surprise is not that a victory is possible, but that it is possible to talk about defeating Yale or Dartmouth, the league-leaders...