Word: runbacks
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...more sensational contests in this long series was the 50th anniversary meeting in 1932. A fired-up Big Green squad played the Crimson to a standstill for most of the game. Harvard's winning break came on the second-half kickoff, when Carl Pescosolido produced a 93-yard runback to provide the decisive tally in a 10-7 victory. As the Crimson put it, "Outrushed, outpassed, and outplayed by the Indians, the Harvard Varsity football team left the Stadium with a whole scalp only by providential intervention...
Booth got his revenge in 1931 against a Crimson team that was trying to put the finishing touches on an undefeated season. The two elevens battled away on even terms through most of the game, the Crimson failing to capitalize on a 95-yard runback of the opening kickoff and Booth missing a field-goal try early in the second quarter...
...yard touchdown runback of an intercepted pass by Yardling Captain Bill Swinford paced the Crimson to a surprising 14-3 victory over undefeated Yale yesterday, before a highly vocal crowd...
...Rushing yardage 207 46 Passing yardage 21 125 Passes attempted 8 16 Passes completed 3 8 Passes intercepted by 1 1 Punts 6 6 Ave. dist. of punts, yds. 42 41 Number of fumbles 3 2 Fumbles lost 0 1 Number of penalties 5 2 Yards penalized 35 30 Runback of punts...
Dave Bradley, the Indians' quarterback, completed four touchdown passes and set up another tally on a 65-yard runback of the opening kick-off. Fullback Bill Morton was the other Dartmouth standout, driving through the Crimson line for three scoring runs which averaged 55 yards apiece...