Blackman, Yovvy Continue Rivalry With 11th Meeting

Today's Harvard-Dartmouth game represented, in addition to the confrontation of two of last year's Ivy League co-champions and the wagering of a pair of perfect records, the eleventh round in a personal football rivalry between Harvard head coach John Yovicsin and Dartmouth's Bob Blackman.

Since Yovicsin came to Harvard from Gettysburg in 1957, two years after Blackman took over in Hanover, each man has racked up five victories in the series.

Their styles of football contrast sharply. Yovicsin is known as a superb technician, particularly on defense. A Yovicsin offense means several extravagant variations on a basically ground-oriented attack. Blackman--with a little help from Life--has built a reputation as a magician, with an astonishing number of formations based on precise blocking and ball-handling.

Blackman has won five Ivy League titles, while Yovicsin has taken two. Here is a summary of their encounters over the past decade:

1957--Dartmouth 26, Harvard 0--In Yovicsin's initial year with the Crimson, the Indian offense steamrollered Harvard for over 300 yards rushing and the Green defense handed Harvard its first shutout in four years.

1958--Harvard 16, Dartmouth 8--Yovicsin interrupted Blackman's progress toward his first Ivy championship as the Crimson's Hank Keohane intercepted a Dartmouth pass to set up a winning Chet Boulris touchdown.

1959--Dartmouth 9, Harvard 0--After struggling through three losses and a tie in their first four games, the Indians bounced back to win a mud-smeared defensive battle.

1960--Harvard 9, Dartmouth 6--Yovicsin turned the sleight-of-hand on Dartmouth, as Harvard scored the winning touchdown on a 30-yard halfback pass off a double reverse, Bruce McIntyre to Bert Messenbaugh.

1961--Harvard 21, Dartmouth 15--Bill Taylor scored two touchdowns for Harvard in the first of five straight wins that took the Crimson to a tie for the Ivy title.

1962--Dartmouth 24, Harvard 6--Bill King's two touchdowns and Don Mac-Kinnon's linebacking carried Dartmouth to an easy win, despite an 82-yard touchdown pass to Taylor from Mike Bassett.

1963--Harvard 17, Dartmouth 13--Largely on the passing of second-string quarter-back Bill Humenuk, Harvard snapped a 15-game Dartmouth winning streak, but the Green still took the championship.

1964--Dartmouth 48, Harvard 0--Blackman took ample revenge as Dartmouth tore to a 35-0 halftime lead. Paul Klungness and Bob O'Brien each scored twice.

1965--Dartmouth 14, Harvard 0--The Indians recorded another shutout, as Klungness and Mickey Beard got the touchdowns. To compound Harvard's frustration, fullback Tom Choquette fumbled as he dove into the Dartmouth end zone.

1966--Harvard 19, Dartmouth 14--Harvard came from behind to win on two fourth-quarter touchdowns. Bobby Leo scored the other Crimson touchdown on a 64-yard run. But the two teams still finished in a tie for the title.

Next Week's Ivy Schedule

Harvard at Penn

Dartmouth at Yale

Columbia at Cornell

Brown at Princeton