Word: crones
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Certainly, it was an ironic end to a topsy-turvy quarterback situation for the Crimson this year, but who cares? Harvard won. Yovicsin got that final victory over Yale, and Crone, the off-criticized backup man, came through under pressure that no one can question...
...thought the clock had run out before the ball was snapped," Crone explained after the game. That hardly explains what he was doing in the end zone, but it likes little difference in retrospect...
...third down from the Harvard 12 yard line, sophomore Eric Crone-who had performed so brilliantly under pressure all day-dropped back into the end zone thinking the game was over...
Luckily he was mobbed by several hundred delirious fans, else he might live flung the ball into the air, setting up a Yale touchdown. As it was, the frantic Yale defensive line rushed into the crowd and downed Crone for the two points...
Earlier, the defense had risen to the occasion in two critical first quarter situations. Crone made one of his few mistakes of the game when, still a bit apprehensive about starting, he fumbled the snap on the second play from scrimmage...