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Word: yarding (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite a shoulder injury Ron Cuccia started at quarterback for Harvard, but seemed ineffective. Early in the first quarter he threw for an interception on his own 36-yd. line. Yale drove for its first touchdown when halfback Dennis Gaughan scored on a one-yard plunge...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Bulldogs Shut Out Freshmen and J.V. | 11/18/1978 | See Source »

...fountain of yellow paint forming a "Y" may have showered unwitting football players during tomorrow's game if University police had not uncovered yesterday a device made with fire extinguishers, rat traps, and yellow paint buried under the 50-yard line in Harvard Stadium...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Pranksters Set Stadium Trap...Almost | 11/17/1978 | See Source »

Earlier in the week, grounds personnel noticed burns in the turf around the 50-yard line. While replacing the area with sod, they discovered a wire leading into the ground and contacted University police, who called the bomb squad...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Pranksters Set Stadium Trap...Almost | 11/17/1978 | See Source »

...gimmick. All you need is a gimmick to give the Harvard-Yale game its annual place of ambiguity in college football lore. Not an issue (though a bunch of clench-fisted students shouting "Harvard Out Now" when the Crimson is fourth and ten at its own one yard line might be interesting). Not even a diversion (A. Bartlett Giamatti stricken with salmonella poisoning in the third quarter? Nah, too messy...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: Gimmick The Game? | 11/14/1978 | See Source »

...second play of the quarter, the Crimson held on fourth and one at the six-yard line. After six Harvard plays, Penn came at the defense, again driving to the Harvard 24 before sophomore Dave Otto dropped Tom Roland for a five-yard loss on another fourth down play...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Defense Comes Together In Tense Fourth Quarter | 11/13/1978 | See Source »

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