Two Football Title Games

Background: On Nov. 23, 1951 I was a defensive tackle for Harvard's Leverett House champion intramural football team when we played Calhoun House, Yale's intramural champion. We lost 14 to 0. Our nickname was the Bunnies and Calhoun's was the Senators. 

I was a involved in two football title games

As a TV viewer in the recent Bronco's game against Seattle

As a defensive tackle for Leverett House

In the 1951 Harvard-Yale intramural battle

The Leverett House team was nicknamed the Bunnies

And losing to Calhoun did not merit a joyous hop

But one thing it's important to point out

Unlike the Broncos, we were not a total flop

         
Admittedly Leverett's score was zero

But there is one thing to remember

We only lost by 14, not 35

In that long ago day on the 23rd of November

The Leverett team had shown itself good on defense

But Calhoun's defense was thought best for good reason

They hadn't allowed any points against them

The entire intramural football season

The Calhoun running backs were very good

And rarely could I tackle them without a yardage yield

So I learned to desperately hold on to some part of them

To slow them down as they dragged my body down the field

So all in all

I'm proud to say

The Bunnies outplayed the Broncos

On their performance on title day