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...visitors took control again after safety Jack Shay stopped a Crimson drive by knocking down a Chuck Colombo pass at midfield--the first of several times the UMass secondary swatted away Harvard passes. As the Minuteman offensive line proceeded to blast sizeable holes through the defense, running backs Frank Fay and Richard Jenkins took turns with the ball, until Fay took a pitch from Simcone for a one-yard touchdown run with 4:04 left in the period...
Cornerback Troy Turner capped the uplifts 47 seconds later. Colombo just a week earlier against Columbia had thrown several risky passes for short gains to receivers near the sidelines without being burned. But on a third-and-10 toss to halfback Mark Vignali, standing just in-bounds. Turner stepped in the way and dashed an unobstructed 25 yards to make...
...play Restic may have mulled over most came in the third quarter; on Harvard's first deep drive of the day, its best chance to start an early rally. QB Colombo had guided his team 60 yards before stalling on the UMass five. On third and goal he overthrew his receiver in the end zone. And on fourth down, on a play sent in from the sidelines. Colombo rolled left, couldn't find an open man, ran for it and was tackled on the three-yard line...
...Crimson coach was left with a dilemma for next week--whether to stick with Colombo, who beat out eight other candidates for the starting job and had a strong game in the previous week's 43-14 pounding of Columbia, or to go with White, who performed respectably in the fourth quarter despite occasionally non-existent pass protection...
Harvard got a single first down, then stalled, 3:32 later, UMass had scored, 4:38 later it was 14:0. Three plays later Crimson quarterback Chuck Colombo threw to Minuteman Troy Turner, who made the score 21-0 with over two minutes left in the first quarter...