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Word: playoff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Joey Cavanagh stunned a previously undefeated Yale freshman hockey team with an unassisted goal in a sudden-death playoff, to give Harvard a 5-4 thriller Saturday night...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cavanagh, Durno Lead Freshmen To Overtime Upset Over Yale Six | 3/5/1968 | See Source »

...Harvard beat Brown in December then lost at Providence, 9-1. If tonight's game has a similar outcome, then Harvard can throw away its hopes for another year. If the Crimson can pull out of its slump, then the Ivy title and one of the ECAC top four playoff seedings are still possibilities...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: Swimmers, Icemen Face Vengeful Bruins Today | 1/10/1968 | See Source »

Bright Gift. No TV Christmas season is complete, of course, without violence. That came on both weekends as the pro football teams played with that uncommon ferocity that breaks out when they sniff the big money of playoff and bowl games. NBC opted for violence remembered in "Alamein...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Programming: The Nights Before Christmas | 12/29/1967 | See Source »

...final act, however, was being staged in Detroit, where the Tigers still nursed a chance of beating California to force the Sox into a playoff. For the next three hours, all Boston turned to the radio--and waited...

Author: By James R. Beniger, | Title: Sox Win First Pennant Since '46 Fans Turn Boston Upside Down | 10/2/1967 | See Source »

Changes are unlikely. The second biggest crowd in Cotton Bowl history, 78.087 strong, was on hand - hoping to see the hometown Cowboys avenge their narrow 34-27 defeat bv Green Bay in last year's National Football League playoff. What they saw was a Packer defense that kept Dallas' highly touted offense from scoring a touchdown - the first time that had happened in almost two years. The Packers crushed the Cowboys...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pro Football: A Maximum of Crunch | 9/8/1967 | See Source »

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