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With almost two minutes remaining in a 24-19 game and underdog Brown holding the football, it seemed surprising to see the Brown supporters already pouring out of the stadium to go home. But given the freezing weather and Brown's 0-7 record this season (and its 11-90 Ivy record over the last 13 years), the real surprise is that 11,000 fans left their television sets and Ed Marinaro to show up in the first place, even if it was Homecoming with Endzone Crone slated to perform for the visiting Crimson...

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: Crimson Eleven Escapes Brown, 24-19 | 11/15/1971 | See Source »

...Princeton arrived in Cambridge as an underdog, and proceeded to murder Harvard, 45-6. Returning to the Stadium in 1969, the Tigers scored the first three times they had the ball, piled up 52 points, and so thoroughly demoralized Harvard that the Crimson went on to lose to a 0-7 Brown team a week later...

Author: By Evan W. Thomas, | Title: Harvard Faces Tiger for Third Place | 11/6/1971 | See Source »

...harriers meet a tough Cornell squad today at Moakley Course in Ithaca with five of the team's top seven ailing from a virus. The race begins at 1 p.m., and the Crimson is clearly the underdog...

Author: By E.j. Dionne, | Title: Harriers Face Redmen Today; Five Runners Hit With Virus | 10/16/1971 | See Source »

...hope and pray that Senator Brooke will not accept a place on a Nixon ticket should it be offered, since no good could come of such a trick to any underdog group in our distressed land, but only disillusionment and heartbreak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 11, 1971 | 10/11/1971 | See Source »

...been longer than one cares to remember since Harvard has been a decided underdog in a cross-country meet. But when coach Bill McCurdy brings seven men and an eight-meet unbeaten skein to New York's Van Cortlandt Park at 3 p.m. today, the Crimson will have to run far above its ability if it hopes to catch what may be the best Penn squad ever assembled...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Runners Face Penn Threat | 10/1/1971 | See Source »

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