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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Today stands out in the history of Harvard and Yale football as the occasion of the fiftieth gridiron contest between the two colleges. Since the first clash of the Magenia and the Blue in November, 1876, until the end of the Haughton era, the history of the Harvard-Yale rivalry has been essentially the history of football itself. These teams are responsible for many of the fundamental developments of the game and in their ranks were a host of players who are outstanding in football's Hall of Fame...
...same year Harvard transferred the scene of all its home games from Jarvis Field to Soldiers Field, the bitter feelings manifested between Harvard and Yale on the gridiron came to a head in a game characterized by unusual roughness and a large number of injuries. This resulted in a two-year break in football relations between the two colleges...
...annual football game between the second University eleven and the Freshman team will take place on the Jayvee gridiron at Soldiers Field this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The seconds have played two scoreless tie games with the Brown freshmen, and St. John's Preparatory respectively, while the 1935 team has defeated Exeter 6 to 0, tied Andover and Dartmouth 0 to 0. Both elevens are rated higher than they were a year age, when the 1934 team defeated the Jayvees, 10 to - for its only victory of the season...
Playing a somewhat drab example of football, the Harvard 150-pound, football team yesterday overcame the Andover third eleven by a single touchdown on the Soldiers Field gridiron. The Harvard touchdown, the only one of the game, came when Dearborn, fleet Crimson signal caller, turned a fumble by the visiting team into a score for the light-weights, and a 7 to 0 victory...
...football game has been scheduled between Dunster and Adams Houses for Thursday. More gridiron candidates are needed from these two Houses, and from Kirkland House...