Word: drop-kicks
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After Princeton was called for foot-up thirty yards from the try line, an errant Tiger attempted to block a Bott drop-kick before retreating the required ten yards. Bott later said his scoring attempt--coming from about 30 yards out--would have failed if the Princeton player had not tried to block the kick and committed a penalty in the process...
With seven minutes remaining, Charles Bott broke away from the pack after a lineout at midfield, and sore-kneed fly half Dave Miller's drop-kick from 20 yds. out just cleared the crossbar for the margin of victory. Princeton pressed, but a heads up play from scrum half Keith Oberg, who quick-kicked the ball out of the Crimson end in the final moments, saved the victory...
Princeton came out storming in the second half, but heavy rains dampened its efforts. Although the visitors forced a Harvard touchback, they managed only to knot the score at three with a Souren Ala 35-yard drop-kick. Moments later, Bott powered a 45-yd. kick through the uprights to regain the lead...
Though Hollingsworth fumbled the ball away on the next series, the Crimson defense held Dartmouth and forced a punt, a play that became this week's oddity. Larry Margerum fumbled the snap on the kick and booted the ball off the stadium turf, watching his drop-kick roll dead at the Harvard one. But the Hanover celebration ended when the officials ruled the punt illegal and gave Harvard a first and ten at the Dartmouth...
...hungry Crimson soccer fans, your appetite is about to be satisfied. Figure this Harvard soccer team to win each game by about a try and a drop-kick...