Word: yardful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Though Eliot seemed to be the stronger team, it took a break to set up the only touchdown. The Berkeley safety man took a second quarter Harvard kick on his own two yard line, was hit hard on the six, fumbled and Eliot recovered...
...Bellboy defense engineered an expected victory over winless Pierson by demolishing the Eli attack, and by scoring eight of the 15 points. End Bob Esch broke through to block a punt on the Pierson 25 yard line, the ball bouncing into the Pierson end zone for a safety. In the third quarter guard Tony Ripley picked up a kick blocked by tackle Al Sweetser and scored from the Pierson 15. The Bellboy backfield scored when Brooks Wilder galloped 55 yards off tackle for a touchdown on the third play of the game...
...case of fumblitis by the Bunnies stalled their first half attack, but Leverett struck with a polished series of plays in the third period with a pair of Fabian Bradbury to Jim Wykoff passes which moved the ball to Timothy Dwight's two yard line. Dwight packed its defense in the center, so Bradbury cut around right end to score. Wykoff's conversion kept the Bunnies in the lead when Timothy Dwight bulled over for a touchdown a few plays later...
Trumbull ran off the same pattern again in the fourth quarter to wrap up the game for the Elis. Dudley's Dave Gilbert set up the Commuter score with a 40 yard end run, then heaved a 30 yard pass to Bill Monteith, who went over standing...
...great climax game came in 1931, when Albie Booth, who had been beaten by Harvard in the two previous years, finally gained revenge when he dropkicked a 22-yard field goal with only three minutes left to play to win for Yale, 3 to 0. It was Harvard's only setback of the season and the Crimson last a golden opportunity to win the eastern championship for the first time since...