Word: balled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Brown comeback began with 2:50 left in the half, with Millard punting from the Harvard 18-yd. line. Brown's Don Place violated the Crimson protective wall and solidly blocked the punt--too solidly, it turned out. The ball rebounded all the way out of the Harvard end zone for a safety instead of stopping where Brown could have recovered for a TD. The half closed with the Crimson leading by a score more familiar to Fenway than football...
After the Brown assault early in the second half, the pace, and the rain, slowed. Harvard reached as far as Brown 22 once, but St. John slipped and fell on 4th and 12 and the Crimson gave the ball over to Brown...
...lightning scoring barrage has to be attributed as much to the weather as to the offensive prowess of Brown. An interception on Harvard's third play of the half gave the Bruins the ball at the Crimson 36, setting up a 36-yard touchdown run by Rick Villella...
...tough to grip the ball," St. John understated afterward. "Under those conditions, you sort of have to sling-shot...
...surprising lack of turnovers in the first half was more than made up for in the final two periods when the teams combined for five interceptions and three fumbles. Of these eight miscues, the Bruins wound up with the ball seven times...