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...Crimson capitalized--Jim Callinan plunging over for one of his 108 yards at 6:27 and Ron Cuccia hitting a wide-open Steve Bianucci in the end zone less than two minutes later--and what had been a 6-3 game during the halftime show became a 20-3 Harvard runaway five minutes later. The Crimson got the ball back with 4:53 left in the quarter and jitterbugged down the field on its best ball-control drive of the year. Callinan, Cuccia (65 yards rushing on 17 carries) and Jim Acheson (11 for 69) shared the load, rolling...
...wasn't fair that a self-destruct ballclub like Cornell, with enough problems of its own, should have to face Cuccia on a good day. The Big Red simply had no idea how to stop the elusive quarterback, who skittered for six first downs and passed for another...
...only went to the air 13 times (five completions for 50 yards) but after four games with Cuccia calling the signals we have learned he is his sharpest when he doesn't have to pass that much. "We controlled the ball on the ground and he didn't need to throw," coach Joe Restic said after the game...
...weapon in the Harvard arsenal was flanker Bianucci, who carried four times for 26 yards and caught a touchdown pass. Previously, Restic had used Bianucci ineffectively as an inside runner, but in a third-and-four situation early in Harvard's second drive Cuccia pitched to him around left end. The senior scampered 10 yards for the first down; he trotted for nine more to the Cornell one on a similar play in the third quarter...
...gave to Callinan. I passed to Jim Acheson. The clock wound down. The Black man cheered. The Cornell students wanted us to hurry up. I smiled as Cuccia snook over from the three. Harvard won, 26-20; pandemonium at Games...