Brown at Harvard

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  Evening star, District of Columbia, November 17, 1940, page 33

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  Improving Harvard Eleven Is Too Strong For Brown, “A 10 0 ScoreIess Two Periods, Crimson Then Drives To First Big Win CAMBRIDGE, Mass, Nov. 10 Harvard’s fast-moving football team gave a convincing demonstration Of superiority today in smashing out a l4–⁠0 decision over tricky Brown eleven which never could get its fiashy ground game rolling. The Crimson, gaining its first major victory, was held Scoreless in the first half, although surging deep into Bruin territory. But in the third period the Grim sons Charley Spreyer spanked a 63yard march to the Brown goal line, launched after Loren MacKinney halted a Bruin thrust with vital pass interceptiOn. Late in the fourth period Brown, pushed back to its 13 by Spreyer punt. tried a desperate gamble. 1t backfired when Burgy AyreS intercepted an Ernie Savignano pass. Spreyer and Fran Lee alternated to lug the ball to the 8 and Lee romped over untouched on naked reverse. Browns only threat came after the second Harvard touchdown with less than two minutes to play. John OLeary, Brown right halfback, took the subsequent kickoff on his own 4-yard line, headed UPHELD and then cut to his right to the sideline. OLeary fitted past two would be tacklers, just grazed the sideline at midfeld and finally, apparently in the clear, was hauled down from behind on the Harvard 81.

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  The Key West citizen, November 18, 1940, page 3 (results column)

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  Harmon Nears Grange’S Observation-Disclosures Edged NOtre Dame, 20 Clinches West ern Conference Title; Florida U. Crushes Mi ami Hurricanes touchdown of the record set by Harold Red) Grange, the ia nous “Galloping Ghost” of Il linois, who was in the stands watching the Wolverine ace in action for the first time. Harmon crossed the line in the first period Saturday against Northwestern’s ! Wildcats for his thirtieth touch down of the season. Oranges record is 81. Michigan won the gridiron battle by the impressive count of 20–⁠13. Two scores in the initial period, with Harmon kicking both extra points, put the VOL verineS ahead, 14–⁠0. Northwest ern came through in the second quarter for a score and Hahnenstein raced 80 yards in the fourth for their other touchdown. Out standing performance for Michigan was credited to Bob West fall, fullback. He crossed North Westerns goal line twice and with three minutes left to play cut short by a yard the opposition’s first down on Michigan’s seven-yard line. Repeating their performance of last year, Iowa handed Notre Dame its first defeat of the sea- SON with a thrilling fourth period touchdown and successful place-kick for the extra point. After holding the Irish in check for three quarters, Capt. Mike Enich of Iowa snatched a tumble by Milt Piepul and carried the ball to Notre Danes 46-yard line. Although they lost the pigskin on the 23-yard line, their spirit was afire and they couldn’t be stop ped. From the line of scrimmage at 20 yards, the Iowans pushed their way across the goal, and before the game ended they had reached Notre Danes eight yard line in another touchdown attempt. Cornell Dartmouth Cornell defeated Dartmouth 7–⁠3 in the fourth quarter with only six seconds to play and six yards to go. Walt Schools touch down pass to Bill Murphy accomplished the feat. Harvard won its first major game of the season in downing Brown, 14–⁠0. Texas Christian lost its first gridiron battle of the year and thereby forfeited its chances of ending in a tie for the Southwest Conference title. Tex as University was the victor, 21–⁠14. Minnesota Clinched Title ! Minnesota clinched the West ern Conference title by rolling over. Purdue, 1916, for their fifth straight conference victory, remaining the only eleven Of the Big Ten undefeated. Wander bilt scored in every period except the first to whip Tennessee Tech. 2l-O. North Carolina State, spanked by Dick Watts, defeated The Citadel, 20–⁠14. Clemson scored a touchdown in the final period to tie Mem phis. 1912. Coming from behind in the fourth quarter, Tulane grabbed its first Southeast ern Conference game in walloping Georgia’s Bulldogs. 21-T3. Columbia and Navy played to a 4 ScoreleSS tie. A successful place-kick for an extra point was the margin of victory for Alabama’s Crimson Tide over Georgia Tech, 14–⁠13. Boston College ended George towns unbeaten record In a 1918 thriller. University of Florida crushed the Miami Hurricanes. 1875, for their second straight triumph over the Miami U. :. A 75-yard fourth quarter drive that ended in a touchdown gave the University of North Carolima a close victory over Duke University, 6–⁠3. Losing the seasons opener to Minnesota, Ne braska’s Cornhuskers have defeated all comerS since, annex ing their sixth straight Saturday by downing Pittsburgh’s PantherS, 81. .V.M.I. defeated Gen. tire, 10–⁠6.

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Harvard leads 78–⁠24–⁠2 in 104 meetings, counting the 62 since this game.