Word: balled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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From there, Princeton's potent back-field of Ivy rushing leader Cris Crissy and Larry Van Pelt went to work. Crissy went off right tackle for 9 and wide left for 7. Tiger signalcaller Steve Reynolds moved the ball on an option to the 22 for a first and ten, but two runs by Crissy and an incomplete pass left Princeton with a fourth...
...illegal procedure call on Harvard put the ball back at midfield three plays later for a third and 16. A ripping reception by Tom Beatrice at the 24 kept the drive going momentarily, but mistakes began to take over...
...offense avoided calamity as it opened the second half with a touchdown to take the lead. Beatrice lugged the ball from the 36 up close to midfield on a 12-yd. halfback option. Jon Hollingsworth (who had a fine second half) then ripped off a 21-yd. burst to put the Crimson...
Harvard's offensive malaise returned quickly, however. The Crimson moved the ball from its own 22 down to the Tiger 28 before a two-yd. loss, a seven-yd. sack and a holding penalty took away the opportunity for a score...
Princeton was relentless in its offensive pressure, peppering the Crimson secondary with passes most of the way through the fourth quarter. "We couldn't hold the ball against Harvard," Navarro said. "That's how much we respected Harvard's offense with Burke St. John in there. We didn't find out until late in the game how we could stop their passing with the blitz...