Word: balled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard retained possession of the ball for only 22 minutes of the game, while the Crimson could manage only 11 first downs compared to the 20 ground out by Columbia. With quarterback Cal Moffie executing the veer offense nearly flawlessly, Columbia rushed 67 times to rack up 236 yards against the frazzled Harvard defense...
Halfback Wayne Moore got the drive started with an 18-yd, jaunt around right end which only foreshadowed what turned out to be by far the best day of his Harvard career (97 yards on the surprisingly low total of five carries). With the ball on Harvard's 35, Brown then hit tight end Paul Sablock all alone on a crossing pattern to bring the ball into Columbia territory...
...pickup, his longest of the day, putting Harvard at the Lions' 25-yard line. But the drive finally petered out when on third down and seven yards to go for a TD, Sablock took a pitch out from Brown and tossed to Rich Horner, who caught the ball but landed outside of the endzone stripe. Bosnic then came on to give Harvard a 3-0 first-quarter lead...
After Columbia regained possession, there followed two of the most spectacular offensiveseriessince the Heidi Bowl. With 6:15 gone in the third quarter, Moffie dropped back and unfurled a picture-perfect bomb to Freddie Sullivan streaking down the sideline. Sullivan cradled the ball and outlegged Crimson captain Steve Potysman the last 15 yards into the endzone for a 51-yd. TD play...
Columbia then went for the two-point conversion and caught the Crimson defense napping as Ciulla took the snap from center and carried the ball over. The Lions...