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This time Callinan found running room, ambling nine yards up the right side then picking up a first down up the middle. He tumbled to the Yale 41 off right tackle, but two plays later Eli noseguard Kevin Debasitis tipped a Cuccia pass high in the air. Eli linebacker Jay Snyder intercepted the ball near the sideline handing Harvard its fourth turnover of the afternoon. The Crimson line held again, and Jones drove Delgadillo back to its own 14 with a booming punt and a valiant effort on the return advanced it to the 17. Two Cuccia carries produced...
...like every other Harvard drive, this one stalled when the Eli defense tightened. All-Ivy end Fred Leone burst through the Crimson line to dump Cuccia for an eight-yard loss, and after two unsuccessful quarterback-in-motion plays, Harvard punted again before time expired in the quarter...
...Eli touchdown would have put the game away (if that were a question), but the Crimson defense bought time by breaking up a pair of Rogan-to-Grieve bombs. With the ball on the Harvard 45 and Yale facing a fourth-and-12 situation, the ubiquitous Jones drove a low punt into the end zone and Harvard took over...
Yale finished the scoring with just 1:29 left on a six-yard, Rogan-to-Grieve touchdown pass. With that reception, Grieve tied the Eli career record for receptions held by John Spagnola (88), as well as setting a new single season touchdown mark (12), Scheper caught the ensuing kickoff and returned it to the 25, and Cuccia romped 22 yards to bring the ball near midfield. Allard then raced all the way down to the four yard line, but the play was called back because of a Harvard clip...
...Crimson increased their lead to 14-0 when an alert defensive back scooped up a Yale fumble on the Eli 25 yard line and scooted in for the score. Harvard scored again on a two-point conversion...