Word: yales
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...gambling fraternity has labeled the game a toss-up. This may seem peculiar to some people who note that the Crimson eleven is roughly the same one which whipped Yale decisively last year. But Harvard has suffered from the trials of a schedule that included outside games with Army and Stanford and no breathers. The primary result of this backbreaking schedule is the season record of one win and an injury list which rivals that of the Lost Battalion...
...recurrent Crimson injuries are all the more serious because Harvard lacks depth. Coach Valpey simply does not have enough good football players to use a two platoon system. Yale does. The two Blue elevens may not be excellent teams, but at least there are two of them...
...basis of comparative scores, Harvard should have the better offense and Yale the better defense. The Crimson scored more points against Army than any of the Cadets' other opponents. At no time since the opening game has the Crimson been unable to move the ball and score...
...Yale, however, has been more successful at stopping the other team. This would seem to show that the key to today's game lies in Harvard's ability to stop the Yale offense...
...this is the Harvard-Yale game, the one in which they throw away the book. It may even turn out to be a 0 to 0 tie. The Crimson must win today to have any kind of a season record. But Levi Jackson inspired Yale to a second half comeback against Princeton, and he may pull it off again against the Crimson...