Word: upsetting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cornell will be seeking to avenge last year's surprise defeat, when the Crimson upset the Big Red, 32 to 7, at Ithaca. The biggest gun in the Cornell arsenal will be the running of fleet halfback Bo Roberson, particularly around the ends. But Yovicsin, who watched Cornell's game last Saturday, does not class the Big Red as predominantly a running team. He points out that Tom Skypeck's passing gives the Ithacans an effective, balanced attack...
...squad, he feels that it is "neither deep enough nor strong enough" to do too much damage in the Ivy League. He did say, however, that each one of the bottom four teams would win "its few games" and probably upset a couple of the top quartet of teams...
Columbia, rated as a likely bet for the cellar, upset heavily favored Brown, 23-20, on a 22-yard kick by Rudy Pegoraro, an alternate fullback for the Lions. Their coach, Aldo Donelli, produced a secret weapon in his quarterback son, Dick, who outmaneuvered Brown's defense to turn in two touchdown passes and a crucial, last-minute pass Interception. Young Donelli may make up for the loss of last year's one-man team, Claude Benham...
...Virginia's Mountaineers barely staved off an embarrassing upset by rushing Virginia's Iranian Prince. Jim Bakhtiar, making him miss an extra-point kick and saving a 6-6 tie. ¶ Navy, just about the only big-time team besides Oklahoma to find it had a first-game breather, sailed past Boston College...
Connecticut retains most of the regulars which held the Elis to a 19-14 score last year, falling short of an upset when time ran out on them in the dying seconds of the game with the ball on the Yale three-yard line. The game is rated a toss...