Word: crimsons
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...strong enough to convince the scoreboard. The game clearly swung back in the Crimson's direction, with Diaz again nearly coming up with the goods. With 14:45 left, he rocketed a bullet from the right side that hit the meat of the top cross-bar and bounded away. With it went the hopes of giant-killing at the Business School...
...everyone that this would be a day controlled by circumstance. UMass began its first series with an illegal procedure penalty. The menacing yellow handkerchief would go on to be the most familiar performer of the game. Eleven of 16 penalties would go against Harvard. The mistakes would cost the Crimson 141 yards, a total that stymied the offense and did its best to deflate a stubbornly stellar defense...
...with St. John gone and the Crimson forced to look for a break--an interception, a fumble, or a handout--the defense had to press. The cornerbacks had to pull in tight, crowding the receivers early and facing one-on-one coverage deep. That, in the end, was a costly necessity...
Harvard's first defensive break came with four minutes left in the opening quarter. UMass began a penalty-assisted scoring drive on a 32-yd. Mike McEvilly-to-Marty Paglione aerial. Crimson cornerback Terry Trusty, beaten by two steps, signalled the referee and then bumped Paglione as the ball was heading for the ground. The interference call gave UMass a first and ten on the Harvard...
...John played out what may have been his final minutes as Harvard's varsity quarterback, the Crimson had trouble mustering an attack. Both teams were flat, and UMass carried its 3-0 lead through half of the second quarter...