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Word: upsetting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson, on paper, has the strength to gain its second consecutive upset victory...

Author: By Alexander Finley, | Title: Crimson Challenges Slightly Favored Tigers; 35,000 Expected to Attend Last Home Game | 11/7/1959 | See Source »

However, not given to consistency, the team has yet to prove that it deserves the title. Second half lapses and a terrible day against Dartmouth have hurt badly, and an occasional upset is certainly not grounds enough to call a team great. But if the Crimson can go out today and win, it would indicate that last week's victory over Penn was not an upset. To date the team has been unable to get 'up' for successive contests, and today is their last chance. If they can, it could mean the title.Tackle ERIC NELSON (71) and halfback JIM NELSON...

Author: By Alexander Finley, | Title: Crimson Challenges Slightly Favored Tigers; 35,000 Expected to Attend Last Home Game | 11/7/1959 | See Source »

...with shocking emphasis last Saturday both for Sebo and for a man named Jordan Olivar. The Quakers' coach should be now even more convinced that in the Ivy League you can't take anything for granted, for last week his team was the victim of the League's biggest upset thus...

Author: By Robert E. Smith, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 11/4/1959 | See Source »

...longer chaste, the Yalies were the victim of a 12-8 upset by Dartmouth last week. The result, however, did not surprise Dartmouth followers, for the Indians showed two weeks ago that they are a strong team--surely stronger than the record indicates. Thus, many fans were not shocked by the Indians' triumph at the Bowl. After all, that unbeaten, untied, unscored-upon business has to end sooner or later...

Author: By Robert E. Smith, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 11/4/1959 | See Source »

This Saturday afternoon the two upset victims meet in Philadelphia in a game that the Pennsylvania public address announcer at last Saturday's game called "the most important of the season." That billing met with boos and hisses from the Harvard stands, but it must be admitted that the Yale-Penn game is of major importance...

Author: By Robert E. Smith, | Title: THE SPORTING SCENE | 11/4/1959 | See Source »

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