Word: balled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Their forwards are fast, and they really move well to the ball," Harvard coach Edie MacAusland said. "But, at the same time," she added, "I don't think our defense played very well. We've had better days...
With the Big Green ahead, 10-7, and facing a fourth and seven on the Harvard 35, Dartmouth coach Joe Yukica elected to keep the ball and run down the clock. Harvard cornerback Matt Foley pinned runningback Jeff DuFresne for a four-yd. loss on the play, and Harvard had the ball with 20 seconds and 61 yards...
...though about possibly throwing the ball off the field goal formation," Restic said after the game. But he said he finally chose the field goal as the best way to "get the ball into the endzone...
...Dartmouth, a team that had been having offensive troubles, started a series of sustained drives, many that ended without scores but all of which helped pile up 37:51-22:09 time-of-possession advantage for the Big Green. The game was "a question of ball control," Restic said afterward. And Harvard wasn't in the driver's seat...
Though Hollingsworth fumbled the ball away on the next series, the Crimson defense held Dartmouth and forced a punt, a play that became this week's oddity. Larry Margerum fumbled the snap on the kick and booted the ball off the stadium turf, watching his drop-kick roll dead at the Harvard one. But the Hanover celebration ended when the officials ruled the punt illegal and gave Harvard a first and ten at the Dartmouth...