Word: scoring
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Varsity game, Yale netted two goals in the first five minutes, thus putting the game on ice before the Crimson could recover. Final score was 3-0 with accurate position play on the part of the Elis during the rest of the encounter holding Harvard scoreless. The last tally of the game came in the second half. Although the Crimson managed to retain possession of the ball for about half the game, the Cambridge booters did not have the ability to match a superior Yale attack...
...platitude of the game's being over only when the final whistle blows will stand longer than any mellow undergraduate who holds his arms in a circle over his head for the visitors' score. The tie game with Princeton, and the record against the Navy discount any need for laws of averages or "under-dog psychology." "Truly," to quote a sports writer, "the astute Harlow has brought this team along a cross-country mile since it took those early shellackings...
...stave off defeat until Albie Booth kicked away an unblemished record in the last quarter. And on the other side of the fence, there is the record of Harvard's last Yale and major victory in 1933 when Fergie Locke ran through the entire Eli team for a score on a kickoff. That year, Yale was rated a heavy favorite, and lost...
...attack of both teams has been deadly, and the success of both against Princeton has been largely the result of well-timed aerial bombs. Oakes to Stuart, Frank to Kelley are the threats of the day, and their relative success may play a large part in determining the final score. Frank can run, too--but it is the opinion of many Cambridge rooters that he won't outshine a Crimson streak named Stuart...
...wide open game, with long passes and runs, and more than likely a high score seems in the offing. Anything can happen in a Harvard-Yale football game, but with a fair share of the breaks, it looks like a Crimson Saturday evening...