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...next play. Harvard needs the two-point conversion, and when Varney fails to catch Champi's pass, it looks as if Harvard's score will turn out to be mathematically futile. But the officials call pass interference on Yale and Harvard gets another chance. This time senior fullback Gus Crim plows his way in for the conversion...
...Dowling was a Walter Mitty-type back then," Gus Crim `69 says. "He was larger than everything around...
...Crim gets the call on a draw play, gapes atthe enormous hole in front of him and gallopstowards the endzone for a gain of 14 yards. Firstdown. With 14 seconds left on the clock, Yalesacks Champi, and Harvard has only three secondsto salvage victory from defeat...
Champi lines up. He takes the snap andscrambles. The gun sounding the end of regulationfires. The number one receiver on the play isCrim, but the fullback has three Elis ready tobatter him if the ball comes his way. Champireadies a toss to Crim, but pulls his hand back atthe last second. Instead, he scrambles a littlemore before firing a pass to the Crimson'scaptain. Gatto hauls in the football in the cornerof the endzone to cut Yale's lead to two points.Just two points...
Harvard needed a two-point conversion to cut the lead to eight, and the comeback appeared to come up short when Champi's pass to Varney for the conversion was incomplete. But the officials ruled that Yale had interfered with the receiver, giving the Crimson a second chance. Crim bulled over on the next attempt to take advantage of the Eli mistake and keep Harvard alive...