Word: balle
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Roda dropped back to pass in the fourth quarter at the Yale 40-yard line, and threw the ball to Pete Varney for a completion at the ten. Harvard was driving towards a tying touchdown...
Harvard had an excellent chance to score when Jim Reynolds. who played a superb game, returned the second-half kickoff 47 yards to the Yale 49 with the help of some great blocking. But a penalty and a fumble by Miller gave Yale the ball...
Then on a crucial third-and-nine from the Harvard 29, Massey threw to Lew Rooney, who juggled the pass before finally securing it 19 yards from the goal line. Matters got worse when Dreischars piled on Rodey to bring the ball even closer to the end zone. Three plays later Primps and the football were safely over the goal line...
Harvard soon moved to the Yale 39 on a pass from halfback Steve Harrison to Varney for a first down. Four plays later, a fake field goal attempt by Richy Szaro fooled no one, including Gallagher. who stopped Reynolds to give the Elis the ball...
...Crimson quickly got the ball back and the next turning point came when linebacker Ron Kell tackled Roda a yard short of a first down on fourth-and-three in Yale territory...