Word: underdogs
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...Harvard squad needs anything to make it hungry for victory tonight, it merely has to recall last year's fiasco when a distinctly underdog Yale five rose up on its hind lags and slapped the Crimson down twice in row to throw as otherwise mediocre season into the mire...
Having lost only one collegiate match during the current season, and that to Princeton, the Varsity squash team, rated a slight underdog, hopes to keep the rest of its slate clean when it meets a strong Blue squad at New Haven on Saturday...
...Bellboy-Funster tie was a tight battle throughout. White's two markers kept the underdog Dunster team in the game, and an improved defense prevented the Lowell line from coming close to the winning score...
...college football teams invited to play post-season Bowl games, Oregon State College was the lowliest underdog. Twice defeated, the Staters had been scorned as the weakest team ever to represent the West in a Rose Bowl game. Powerful Duke, undefeated, untied and on statistics the nation's No. 1 offensive team, was favored to win by at least two touchdowns...
Perhaps mindful of last fall's stunning upset on the gridiron, another underdog Crimson squad assumed the hero's role in a David and Goliath battle, defeating the highly-touted Big Green of Dartmouth, 49 to 36, to gain its first victory in Ivy League Competition last Saturday...