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...that left the Longhorns the only undefeated and untied major college team in the U.S. It was a day for quarterbacks. Navy's Roger Staubach passed for one TD, rammed two more across himself, and the No. 3-ranked Middies torpedoed Maryland 42-7. Harvard's Mike Bassett ran 7 yds. for the deciding score, as the Cantabs dumped undefeated Princeton 21-7. And Mississippi State's Sonny Fisher, playing defense as well as offense, ran 25 yds. with an intercepted pass, set up a field goal that knocked No. 5-ranked Auburn from the list...
This run was followed by a 15-yard sweep around right end by Grant. As waterlogged Harvard fans screamed enthusiastically a few moments later, Poe took a pitch-out from Bassett, cut across left tackle, and scored. John Hartranft's Kick was perfect, giving the Crimson an early, unexpected 7-0 advantage. Pessimists in the stands, however, recalled that previous Princeton opponents had also managed to score first...
Although Yovicsin had hoped to pass against Princeton in an effort to loosen up their defense, Mike Bassett used basic running plays most of the time. On the few occasions he did fade to pass the Crimson line dissipated, leaving Bassett to stare forlornly into four or five determined Tiger faces...
Realizing Harshbarger was hot, Bassett gave him the ball on the first Harvard play of the second half and Scott proceeded to carry two Tigers with him on an eight yard dash. Bill Grana gained the first down with two short runs, and once again it was Harshbarger's turn...
Harvard ground out yardage in this fashion for another minute or two. Then Bassett said some magic word, and the entire middle of the Tiger line stepped aside and former a corridor for the Crimson quarterback to dash through. The defensive secondary closed in, 13 yards downfield on the Princeton 15, Harshbarger then tried another of his off-tackle specialties and gained eight yards...