Word: champi
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...suddenly, the unthinkable happened. Harvard cornerback Rick Frisbie '71 tackled Calvin Hill with such jarring force that Hill fumbled. Harvard took over, still trailing by 16 points. Harvard coach John Yovison astounded the fans with a daring decision--he inserted third-string quarterback Frank Champi '70 into perhaps the most most high-pressure situation in Ivy League sports history. The decision proved not only bold, but prescient. Champi, though he had played but a few minutes in his entire Harvard career up to that point, methodically picked apart the Yale defense and reached the endzone with a touchdown toss. Forty...
Harvard immediately connected on a two point conversion and then recovered the ensuing onsides kick. All of Harvard stadium, shivering in freezing November weather, seemed mesmerized by the sheer improbability of what they were witnessing. Champi, with eerie calm and utter precision, once again marched Harvard down the field, and with but a few seconds left on the clock, had but one final play to reach the endzone...