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Harvard quarterback Don Allard was starting the game against the University of Massachusetts on Saturday only because Ron Cuccia, who had earned the starting nod from Coach Joe Restic after an impressive training camp, was out with an injury he had suffered a week ago against Columbia. At last, Allard would have an opportunity to show what he could do for a full 60 minutes of play...
...Allard completed 18 of 27 passes, threw for two TDs and ran for two others, leading the Crimson to a convincing 31-14 upset of the Minutemen before 12,500 at the Stadium. Included in the Allard arsenal were two long gainers in the second quarter--a 62-yard strike to flanker Jim Garvey, and a 71-yard bomb to tight end Peter Quartararo that moved the ball all the way down to the Massachusetts one-yard line...
...Yeah, my father's excited about it," Donnie Allard says...
...Harvard quarterback Burke St. John was injured early in the second quarter, leaving the Crimson without a reliable signal caller. Today, quarterback Ron Cuccia will be sidelined with a bruised rib suffered in last week's win over Columbia, but this year, Coach Joe Restic can count on Don Allard to come off the bench and do a job that St. John's subs couldn't handle...
Harvard, on the other hand, sustained relatively few debilitating injuries in its opener with Columbia. Cuccia's rib was expected to heal in time for him to play this afternoon, but as it turned out, he was unable to practice all week. But last Saturday. Allard replaced Cuccia in the second quarter and completed five of nine passes for 72 yards and two TDs. If the Columbia game was any indication, the senior back-up should have little trouble with his first starting assignment, although the presence of UMass cornerback Dwayne Lopes (two interceptions last week) and third-team...