Word: defeated
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...team, the coaches, and especially to the College supporters, the heartiest congratulations. In that game we saw for the first time the beginnings of a spirit which, under the direction of Coach Haughton, we feel sure will, in one or two years, make it as hard for Yale to defeat Harvard in football as it is now for her to defeat Harvard crews...
...happened Saturday for the first time. And with a man like Coach Haughton (who stands for fight from the start) at the head of football at Harvard, we know that a new era in Harvard football is at hand. It may have been slow in coming, but one defeat, one victory and two tie games in four years make it plain that Harvard football is in the ascendency...
...sting of this defeat was somewhat mitigated by the victory over Colgate, 23 to 0 the following Saturday. A new star, Walter Camp, Jr., appeared and played with a speed and dash that worked havoc in the Colgate team; time and again he went around end, while many of his punts were over 50 yards. The victory was the more encouraging because the team played without the services of Captain Howe, Ketcham or Philbin...
Keyed up for revenge for the defeat in 1910, the team crushed Brown, 15 to 0, the next week. From end to end, from centre to back there was "lift and drive" that tore Brown to pieces. Ketcham beat the ends down under kicks several times, even though Bomeisler and Avery were on Sprackling before he could have started. The only gloom over the entire exhibition was the fumbling...
...Carlisle game finally came around, injuries and scholarship prevented from playing eight of the men, whom the coaches had originally counted on last spring. Therefore, the team which played Carlisle, instead of being second string was practically third string. The Indians won. The "football family" consider such a defeat no disgrace, although there was considerable criticism concerning it from outsiders...