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Harvard opened the scoring at 18:45 on a clockwork goal which was met with shouts of "It's about time," from the Crimson bench. Lee Nelson took the ball from midfield and traded passes with Dave Acorn leaving him one-on-one with Dartmouth goalie Lyman Missimer...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Dartmouth Halts Late Crimson Charge, Overcomes Booters in 3-2 Ivy Battle' | 10/18/1976 | See Source »

Harvard upped the margin to two early in the second half. Matt Bowyer chipped a short pass toward the goal mouth. Acorn came streaking over from the left and fired the ball past the Minuteman netminder...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Crimson Booters Destroy UMass, 4-2 | 10/6/1976 | See Source »

...booters refused to be content with only three goals, and in the next 10 minutes Acorn just barely missed two more scoring bids, one a weak dribble that got past the goalie but missed...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Crimson Booters Destroy UMass, 4-2 | 10/6/1976 | See Source »

Eaton fed the ball to Acorn, but his head-in attempt went wide. Moments later, Eaton again drove the ball toward the UMass goal. The pass was taken by Lee Nelson, who was tripped in the penalty area. Eric Zager converted on the penalty kick, and Harvard had the game safely in hand...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Crimson Booters Destroy UMass, 4-2 | 10/6/1976 | See Source »

...elated Ford said after the game that his squad had played "its best game of the year." While Acorn made a successful return from his knee injury, Ford may have lost another valuable regular for the time being. Early in the second half, Kevin Jiggetts had to be helped from the field with a knee injury...

Author: By David Clarke, | Title: Crimson Booters Destroy UMass, 4-2 | 10/6/1976 | See Source »

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