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...gaining their first victory over the Crimson since 1960, Coach John Pont's team excelled where Harvard was supposed to be superior. Yale's defense was firm on the deciding plays, and its offense kept the football in Bulldog hands most of the time. During the second half particularly, the Blue line controlled the field against only sporadic opposition...
Jack Cirle, the man who ran back a punt for the only Yale score in The Game last year, gave the first indications of Eli hostility three plays later when be intercepted a Mike Bassett pass that bounced off Tom Stephenson. But the Bulldog quarterback fumbled his second snap from center and Pochop once again claimed the ball, this time on the Yale 27 yard line...
...Bulldog line refused to give up a first down after the Crimson took the second half kick-off. A good punt by Harry van Oudenallen against the wind ended in horror, however. Randy Egloff received the kick on his own 37 and returned it to the Crimson 40 despite the resistance of four tacklers...
...good day for passing, but Humenuk was willing to try. After Harshbarger had picked up only three yards on a charge through the middle, Humenuk dropped back to throw. His arm motion was impeded by the grasping hands of Bulldog guard Mike Benoit, however, and the wobbly toss went directly to Eli reserve center Tim Merrill...
...thousands of Yalies swarmed on the field when the gun announced that Harvard was officially dead and the Ivy League title was the joint property of Dartmouth and Princeton. As the Crimson left, the large hollowed-out mole-hill that is the Bowl resounded with the primitive cry, "Bulldog, Bulldog, Bow Wow Wow!" A 'Cliffle said it was too cold to cry.LEFT; YALE'S BILL HENDERSON (40) RUNS INTO CRIMSON OPPOSITION DURING THE SECOND PERIOD, AS JOHN DOCKERY (44), JACK NEUENSCHWANDER (70), AND RICK BEIZER (26) CONVERGE ON THE ELI HALFBACK. HENDERSON'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ELI VICTORY WAS MORE...