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After Yale crossed into Harvard territory, the Eli receiver caught a case of no-hands disease and stifled the Bulldogs' drive at the Harvard 43. Hill carried the ball on a fake punt, in a fourth and ten situation, but he made just four yards and gave Harvard possession at his own 40 with about ten minutes remaining in the game...
Yale took over near mid-field, but Rogan fumbled on a second down scramble; senior Jim DeBello hauled in the rolling pigskin to give Harvard the ball at the Eli 46. A face-mask violation moved the ball to the Yale 29, where Harvard took it, first...
...third and 15, St. John worked from the shotgun and hit Callinan down the middle for a 23-yd. gain to the Eli nine. Callinan came back on the ground to buck for six more on first down. With the clock running past the 5-minute-to-go mark, Hollingsworth bulled to the two. And just seconds later, the Harvard sideline exploded as St. John rolled right on a keeper and stretched his body out just past the goaline for what was the icing on Harvard upset-flavored cake. Cody's kick was blocked but the Crimson still held...
Following the kickoff, Yale tried a first-down bomb throw by its split end, but Coppinger came up with his second interception of the day and lowered the final Crimson boom on the waning Eli spirit...
...clock rolled to one minute remaining, the capacity crowd began to stream onto the field as the Harvard fans roared. The Crimson ate up the clock and gave a beaten Eli team possession at its own 16 with 53 seconds...