Word: yarding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...HAVEN, Nov. 20--For the first time since 1955, Yale beat the Crimson in freshman football, coming from behind to win, 28 to 24. The Yard-lings surprised the unbeaten Bulldog eleven by jumping to a 12-0 lead, but they could not hold on during a seesaw second half in which Yale piled up 19 points...
...Last Yale point was tallied by manager Chuck Yeager, on a pass from quarterback Ed Molloy. Coach Jordan Oliver had slipped his little manager into the game for one play, and Yeager, wearing No. 99, went almost unnoticed as he caught the aerial on the one-yard line and went over for the score...
...encounter also stands out as a memorable thriller. Yale came from behind to tie the Crimson, 21 to 21, late in the fourth quarter. The varsity's three scores all came in dramatic fashion--a fourth down, finger-tip catch of a pass by end, Paul Crowlcy, an 84-yard run by halfback John Ederer, and a pass interception by Fritz Drill...
...years later, the Crimson attained its greatest margin of victory, a 41 to 0 win over the Bulldogs. For Yale, it was the worst defeat in 43 years. Harte, an end, had the honor of scoring the first touchdown against the Elis in the Stadium with a 35-yard dash in the first period. Captain and fullback E. W. Mahan tallied four touchdowns to close out a brilliant career...
...Booth wreaked his revenge in 1931. The high-flying Crimson, sporting a 14-13 win over Army, went in the 1931 meeting undefeated and united. The game had barely started when Crickard of Harvard raced all the way to the Yale seven-yard line. As the Stadium crowd waited for the first Crimson touchdown, in the expected rout, the Bulldogs stiffened and held...