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Word: upsets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...last few weeks the Bruins have played some outstanding basketball, upsetting Penn the night after Penn upset Yale and then knocking off Cornell last Saturday. Tonight's game is a battle to stay out of last place in the Ivy League...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Improved Crimson Five Seeking Wins to Cheer Wilson's Farewell | 3/1/1968 | See Source »

Rapidly improving sophomore Tony Abbott handily upset this year's leading contender for All-Ivy saber honors, Jim Latham, by a 2-5 score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racquetmen Grab Ivy Title Again; Swordsmen Lose to Cornell, 15-12 | 2/26/1968 | See Source »

Sophomore John Reitz upset Don Sieja --the Big Red's 1967 All-American in the epee and two-time All-Ivy selection--in a close 4-5 bout...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racquetmen Grab Ivy Title Again; Swordsmen Lose to Cornell, 15-12 | 2/26/1968 | See Source »

Harvard's varsity swim team showed that it has lost none of the speed that almost upset Princeton last week as it left a reportedly strong Cornell team far in its wake, 72-41, Saturday in Ithaca...

Author: By Thomas P. Southwick, | Title: Swimmers Sink Big Red, 72-41; Freshmen 'Romp | 2/26/1968 | See Source »

...Grenoble, a pro-caliber Russian hockey team that had not lost a game in international competition since 1963 got its comeuppance from a gang of slam-bang Czechs, who spotted the Soviets a 1-0 lead, then struck back to win 5-4 and pull off the biggest upset of the entire winter games. Russia still managed to salvage a slightly tarnished gold medal when the Czechs could manage no better than a 2-2 tie in their final game against Sweden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Time for Underdogs | 2/23/1968 | See Source »

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