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Workhorse fullback Jim Callinan started the drive off, bumping over the right side for six yards. With Harvard in a second-and-13 situation on the 30, courtesy of a holding call, Ron Cuccia hit Paul Scheper at the yard-stick for a first down...
...following play was probably the most unusual of the afternoon. Cuccia took the snap and turned to roll left. On his second step across the field, the ball squirted loose, hit the quarterback's knee and bounded toward the sideline, some 25 feet away...
Pursued by a trio of Cadets, Cuccia picked up the bouncing ball, transferred it to his left hand and hit Scheper, cutting to the outside nine yards upfield, with a southpaw fling. Halfback Jim Acheson then bolted through a hole to the left of center John Francis for a first down...
...disastrous second quarter unfolded, the Crimson failed to go to the air, as might have been expected. With the ground attack failing to come up with any substantial yardage, Cuccia went to the air just twice, and couldn't light the offensive spark that the Crimson needed. The situation changed in the second half, with Cuccia uncorking 23 pass attempts, including one left-handed flip to Callinan good for five yards...
...Cuccia was under heavy pressure all afternoon, both from the Cross pass rush and a string of Harvard penalties which put the squad deep into the hole on second and third down. "You can't operate out of second and third and long situations all day," Restic said...