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November 22, 1971: Harvard, the underdog, cruises to a 28-2 halftime lead on the basis of an 8-of-12, 143-yard two-touchdown performance from Crone and the excellent running of halfback Teddy DeMars. The Crimson wins going away, 35-16. The defensive backfield intercepts four Yale aerials. Yale finishes its season at 4-5. There are tears in New Haven...
...lead after only 18 minutes and is in command, 17-6, at halftime. Yale hasn't won in Harvard Stadium since 1960. But...Dick Jauron rushes for a total of 182 yards and two touchdowns, boosting the Bulldogs to a 28-17 come-from-behind win. It's Crone's first loss to a Yale team. Some Yalies steal the Harvard Band's big drum. The bands and cheerleaders of the respective sides clash at midfield. This is college...
...Eric Crone...
...Unfairly, Eric "End Zone" Crone, a three-year starter against the Elis and a talented passer, will probably be remembered for a play that didn't matter. With time running out and Harvard nursing a 14-10 lead, Crone took the snap at his own 12-yard line and faded back to run out the clock. He faded so far back, however, that the Yale defense downed him in his own end zone for a safety. What's worse, time hadn't elapsed, and the Crimson was forced to punt the ball from its own 20, giving Yale one last...
...regrettably or not, most people have forgotten Eric Crone's professional career as well. Drafted out of Harvard by the St. Louis Cardinals, he played for them for half a season before moving on to the Canadian Football League. 1974 saw him back in the United States, this time as quarterback for the Florida Blazers of the World Football League. Crone toiled in a similar capacity with the San Antonio Wings for the '75 season, until the league's lamented demise put him out of work. Now a sales representative for a ski-boot company, he admits that people haven...