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Getman didn't go so far as to sweep the forwards from the field, but he did made a few line-up changes. Harvard played an unusual three-back set-up, in part to allow all of the graduating seniors to play, and also because usual starting sophomore sweeper Nick...
But in late September, he received a phone call from football coach Carm Cozza, who lost his starting quarterback to a knee injury and a back-up to ankle problems.
And The Game lived up to its billing, as back-up Crimson quarterback Frank Champi '70 threw for two touchdowns and a pair of two-point conversions in the final 42 seconds to give Harvard a tie and a share of the Ivy title with the Elis.
Yovicsin sent Champi in for Lalich, and the back-up responded with a 15-yd. touchdown pass to right end Bruce Freeman '71 with time running down. A bad snap from center spoiled the conversion attempt, and Harvard went into the half down, 22-6.
Perhaps the season was most frustrating for senior back-up goaltender Chad Reilly.