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Eestatic fans tore down the goal posts after Don Allard '83 led the Harvard football team to a Crimson series-high 45 points in The 99th Game last year at the Stadium. The 45-7 Harvard rout combined with Cornell's 31-0 shocker over Penn left the Crimson, the Quakers and the Big Green of Dartmouth in a three-way tie for the Ivy title...
Last year it was even closer. It started out a real sleeper, with no scoring in the first 27 minutes. Then quarterback Don Allard raced into the end zone with 2:44 remaining in the first half to give Harvard the 7-0 advantage...
With that play hanging over their heads, the Crimson watched the Cadets take a 17-7 second-half advantage. But an Allard to Wally Rutecki touchdown pass rekindled. Harvard hopes with 1:38 left in the game. But, the Crimson, which now had, you guessed it, 13 points, had too many men on the field for the two-point conversion attempt. After Harvard wasted a precious timeout to avoid the penalty, the conversion failed...
Despite the numerological certainty of its impending demise, the Crimson continued its assault on Lady Luck. Chris Myers recovered the on side kickoff with 1.34 left, and Allard marched Harvard to the Army 25. With 56 seconds on the clock, Allard dropped back to pass and saw daylight, lots of it, in front...
...would have made the end zone, he should have made the end zone, but he didn't make the end zone. A lunging tackle from behind dropped Allard...