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Buckley finally pumped some wind into the Crimson sails and drove the team downfield with a potent mix of passes and planned quarterback sweeps out of the shotgun. Harvard moved to a first down inside the Colgate ten, but suddenly the offense broke down again. Two stacked-up runs, two incomplete passes and two Harvard penalties later, the Crimson had turned the ball over on downs...
Harvard's vaunted "run-and-gun" offense started to click soon after the half-time intermission. After Jimmy Ossyra scored to cut the UMass lead to 10-4, sophomore Bill Forbush raced downfield on a fast break and slipped the ball past Minuteman goalie Don Goldstein...
Taking the ball from its own 36, Harvard drove downfield to find itself at fourth down and seven on the B.C. 17-yard line. St. John came through with a nine-yard completion to John Davison for the first down...
Ultimate Frisbee is played on a 60-by-40-yard field, with seven players on each team. Players can't move with the frisbee, they must pass it downfield to a teammate. Goals are scored when one man catches a pass across the end line. If a pass is intercepted or touches the ground, the other team takes possession...
Upon receiving the second-half kickoff, however, the Crimson drove far enough downfield to set up a 25-yard Mike Lynch field goal. The 57-yard march was by no means the only time that Kubacki had generated an offense. It's simply that this was the only time when it showed on the scoreboard, as most of the 255 total offensive yards and 18 first downs came between the 20-yard lines. Nothing, in other words, outside the reach of the windshield wipers...