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...throughout the game on the way to a 32-0 rout of the Big Green team of students and alumni in Saturday morning's rain at Sachem Field. In an attempt to insure victory, at least four Dartmouth graduates substituted for regular starters with less experience. Leading scorer Charlie Bott said, "Their plan backfired. They were talented individually, but did not play well as a team. When they fell behind, they fell apart...
After two Bott field goals, Greg "Animal" Carey broke through the Dartmouth line deep in Big Green territory, grabbed the loose ball, and lateralled to Montgomery, who raced over the endline to give Harvard a 10-0 halftime lead...
With seven minutes remaining, Charles Bott broke away from the pack after a lineout at midfield, and sore-kneed fly half Dave Miller's drop-kick from 20 yds. out just cleared the crossbar for the margin of victory. Princeton pressed, but a heads up play from scrum half Keith Oberg, who quick-kicked the ball out of the Crimson end in the final moments, saved the victory...
...foul weather controlled most of the play as the slick ball handling and treacherous footing restricted the open play and resulted in a lack of tries, rugby's equivalent of a touchdown. The Crimson scored the only points in the first half on a 15-yard Bott penalty kick from the right side, after a Tiger attempted to play the ball after being tackled...
Princeton came out storming in the second half, but heavy rains dampened its efforts. Although the visitors forced a Harvard touchback, they managed only to knot the score at three with a Souren Ala 35-yard drop-kick. Moments later, Bott powered a 45-yd. kick through the uprights to regain the lead...