Word: streaks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Harvard floated at the top of New England football ratings for two weeks. But in losing to Boston University, the Crimson lost both its 10-game winning streak and its top position in the polls. The Associated Press and the New England Football Coaches Association rate Harvard fourth this week...
Quincy's house intramural touch football team extended its unbeaten streak to 11 in a row yesterday, upending Lowell 43-2 in a hotly contested match...
...maybe Yovicsin should be happy. Sure, he has problems, but so does Richard Nixon, and I'll bet he's basically happy. It seems that maybe the loss will bring our gridders back to reality. They no longer have to think about our 10 game streak, and they probably are more conscious of the fact that they cannot be sure of their near-invincibility, no matter what kind of streak local newspapers advertise as belonging to Harvard. It's hard to get up for games when you're always favored and now that Harvard isn't such a favorite...
...good to see Neil Hurley make another interception, and it was nice to see Dale Neal get 11 tackles. Ray Hornblower, one of Harvard's top passers, had another good day. One of the most exciting things he did against B. U. was streak down the left sideline on a Harvard punt, brush off Fred Barry of the Terriers, and dump the electrifying Mr. Taylor six yards farther back than where Taylor caught it. Yovicsin summed it all up: "Ray is really working," he said...
...presence of the signs has always meant that the Crimson is worried about its next opponent -worried that it may lose its victory streak, which now numbers 26. Usually. the concern is unwarranted. but today. for the first time since the 1967 Big Three meet. Harvard will have to run for its life at New York's Van Cortlandt Park...