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...Crimson didn't find the end zone again before halftime, the two quick scoring drives seemed to deflate the Minutemen. Despite the fact that UMass cut Harvard's lead to 17-14 with 10:15 left in the game, the only real suspense of the second half resulted from Allard's surge to the record...
...throw that set the new mark, fittingly, was a 13-yard touchdown toss to split end John O'Brien, who made a pretty, leaping grab at the goal line. The score, with 4-27 left in the contest, staked Harvard to a secure 31-14 advantage and gave Allard yards 346 through 358, breaking Brown's record...
UMass, thinking run all the way, slammed into the line as Allard faked a hand off to McGugan. The Crimson quarterback, with plenty of time to look down field and throw, hit wide open Quartararo at the Harvard 42. The tight end put a nice move on Fuller, then ran out of the safety's attempted tackle and carried the ball all the way to the UMass one before Minuteman defensive back Dwayne Lopes made a touchdown-saving tackle. Two plays later. Allard swept into the end zone on a rollout left, and after the PAT, Harvard...
UMass was hardly prepared for Donnie Allard's record-shattering 358-yard passing performance, but it didn't shock the coach: He had said very emphatically the week before that he was "extremely concerned about the Harvard quarterbacks...
Myers returned the ball to his own 38, and one play later an Allard bomb to the UMass 38 that flanker Jim Garvey carried the rest of the way--Harvard had traveled 62 yards to even the score...