Word: backed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Yale, moving cautiously deep into Harvard territory, faultered when n speedster back Ken Hill lost a Dennis Dunn pitchout and had to smother the loose ball at the Harvard 30. Dave Schwartz's 47-yd. field goal barely reached the goal line, dropping well short of the crossbar...
...looked like the Harvard drive would end rudely when the Yale secondary picked off a St. John pass, but again the jumpy Yalies were offsides and turned the ball back to Harvard...
Harvard looked like it might open up for more jubiliation following the goal-line stand, Callinan taking a second and 7 handoff at the Crimson 7 and bulldozed his way outside to the 40. But Holden called the play back and Harvard could not restart its engine and Millard had to punt from his end zone again, giving Yale the ball on the Crimson...
...hitting split end Dan Stratton with a dazzling bomb at the Harvard 3, but the receiver couldn't hold on. Harvard cornerback, Peter Coppinger, stepped in two plays later to pick off an errant Rogan toss; his tight-rope return along the sidelines to the Yale 10 was called back on a Harvard blocking infraction. Starting from its own 39 instead, the Crimson offense stalled and kicked the ball away with half the second quarter remaining...
...went into a two-minute offense looking for a last-second score to close out the half. Matt Sabetti sucked the steam out of the Eli drive when he sacked Rogan for a 7-yd. loss at the Crimson 46. Two plays later, the Harvard front line smothered Rogan back at the Eli 45 to give Yale a fourth and 27 with...