Word: seasonally
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There are no significant titles hinging on the outcome of today's game. Both teams have miserable records, Yale winning three times in seven starts, and Harvard winning but once in eight tries. And yet it is the game which makes or breaks a season; for the side that wins, all is forgiven. This is why 60,000 patrons will be present...
...some people who note that the Crimson eleven is roughly the same one which whipped Yale decisively last year. But Harvard has suffered from the trials of a schedule that included outside games with Army and Stanford and no breathers. The primary result of this backbreaking schedule is the season record of one win and an injury list which rivals that of the Lost Battalion...
...Valpey put his team through all its paces yesterday afternoon--running, blocking, tackling, punting, passing, and place-kicking--as the Varsity closed the books on the 1949 Soldiers Field season. The squad leave South Station at 10 a.m. this morning for New Haven...
Post records mean noting when these two teams meet. There have been upsets by both sides, although a Harvard team never before has come up to the Yale game with just one previous victory to show for the season...
...when Albie Booth, who had been beaten by Harvard in the two previous years, finally gained revenge when he dropkicked a 22-yard field goal with only three minutes left to play to win for Yale, 3 to 0. It was Harvard's only setback of the season and the Crimson last a golden opportunity to win the eastern championship for the first time since...