OH, SWEET VICTORY!

Green teams crush the Crimson.

Dartmouth sports fans will remember Dartmouth Night Weekend '88 as the year Harvard, not the bonfire, got burned. For the first time since the College began keeping records in 1923, every official Green team won against its Crimson opponent in a single glorious mid-October weekend. (Harvard did beat us in water polo, but that's considered a club and not a varsity sport.)

With a national television audience watching on the ESPN cable network, Dartmouth's varsity football squad whipped the defending Ivy champs, 38-7, for the College's first win over the Crimson since 1983. In a moment of personal triumph, wide receiver Craig Morton '89 became Dartmouth's all-time leading pass catcher with 2,283 career yards. Against Harvard, he caught seven passes for 190 yards, including three touchdown grabs.

The game also featured the longest touchdown run in Dartmouth and Ivy League history, as junior fullback David Clark streaked for 97 yards with help from two crushing blocks by Morton. Quarterback Mark Johnson '9O threw for 298 yards and four touchdowns, outplaying Harvard allIvy quarterback Tom Yohe even after suffering a severe shin bruise late in the second half.

The Green defense allowed just one Crimson score and forced six turnovers. Senior linebackers Paul Michael and Paul Sorensen combined to rock Harvard with 25 tackles, while Dartmouth's pass rush sacked Yohe five times. It was sweet revenge for the 42-3 pasting of 1987.

But that was just one of many triumphs that weekend. The sweep began on Friday afternoon, when the junior varsity and freshman football teams met their Cambridge counterparts. The JV game featured an 86-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by sophomore Randy Friedman as the Green took a 26-14 win on Chase Field. At Memorial Field, the Pea Green footballers toughed out a 14-7 victory with a goal-line stand late in the game and a 64yard TD gallop by Steve Fox. That victory put Dartmouth at 2-0 for the weekend.

The field hockey team needed to win on Saturday if they were to defend their 1987 Ivy title. The first half was scoreless, but with just over ten minutes left in regulation, senior captain Anne Moellering picked up a loose ball on a penalty corner, paused to pick her target, then slammed the ball untouched through the Crimson defense and into the cage. With a minute left on the clock, a Harvard player stepped up to take a one-on-one penalty stroke against Green goalie Karen Hartwig. The shot was released, and Hartwig reacted perfectly, doing a split to deflect the ball away with foot and stick and sealing the Green's 10 triumph.

For the women's soccer team, a win would mean .500 status in the Ivies and a strong chance of finishing in the upper division. The Green peppered the Crimson goal with some 29 shots before senior captain Chris Gates booted the game winner with two minutes left on the clock. Another 1-0 win, and Dartmouth stood at 4-0.

The toughest test of the day was faced by the men's soccer team. Harvard is the defending Ivy champ and a 1987 NCAA semi-finalist. The Crimson took an early 1-0 lead, but Doug MacGinnitie '89 knotted the game at 1-1 with a goal late in the first half. After intermission, the Green again turned to MacGinnitie, and he rose to the occasion with another goal to give Dartmouth a 2-1 victory. This not only put Dartmouth in position for an Ivy title but also greatly advanced the Green's chances for an NCAA tournament berth.

And in Hanover, where few things are sweeter than shaming Harvard, the campus celebrated into the wee hours of Sunday morning.

The gospel according to Pauls: linebackers Sorensen (54) and Michael (39) shut down the Crimson.

SCOREBOARD Standings as of November 8. Football 3-5 overall. 2-3 Ivy. Big plays went dry alter Harvard win; Columbia fell, thankfully, 20-10; already an improvement over last year with two games to go. Men's Soccer 10-4 overall, 6-1 Ivy. Won first Ivy title since 1964 but snubbed by NCAA committee due to losses at Vermont and Plymouth State. Field Hockey 11-5 overall, 5-1 Ivy. Second straight Ivy title and ECAC finalist. Won nine straight and 11 of last 13. Women's Soccer 7-6 overall. 2-4 Ivy. Finished second in Ivies, won last four straight. First winning season since 1984. Cross-Country Men: 10-1. Won fifth straight Heps title with best score ever, should threaten again at NCAA's. Women: 5-2. Finished strong second at Heps, could make noise at NCAA's.