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Harvard's defense stymied three Dartmouth scoring threats in the first half. Cornerback Ken Thomas, who ran back an interception 91 yards for a touchdown for the varsity against Columbia, picked off a pass in the Dartmouth end zone to stop a first-quarter Indian drive. Twice more, the Indians were stopped deep in Crimson territory, once forced to settle for a field-goal attempt which failed, and the other time to give up the ball to Harvard...
...another change in the defense, junior Mike Ananis has re-won the right cornerback post away from Joe Donnelly, who started at that position for the last two games. Ananis, the pre-season choice, has come along slowly, but apparently looked better than Donnelly this week...
...first two were the conversion attempts. Crimson cornerback Bill Cobb stopped the first with perfect containment of a Big Red sweep. Safety Tom Williamson thwarted the second with blanket coverage of intended receiver Bill Heeps...
...time to start faulting the deep backs is when a receiver gets behind them for a long reception, or worse, a touchdown, but that event has been an extreme rarity in recent years. Harvard generally sticks to a strict zone defense, with the two safeties and the weak-side cornerback covering the deep zones, the strong-side cornerback and opposite end covering the flats, and the linbackers in the middle...
Rounding out the defense are junior John Emery, swing man at linebacker last year and probably the best tackler on the squad, and cornerback John Ignacio, another junior...