Word: elys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Inside center Charlie Bott scored and easy three points after a Dorgan up-and-under set up a Harvard penalty kick just out from the Eli posts...
...Eli tailback Rich Diana, you only have to look as far back as last week. The Ivy's best running back, although held to under 100 yards for only the third time this season, cushioned Eli rushing marks he already held. His 28 carries boosted that season mark to 293, and his 93 yards increased his season total to 1448. He took a safety valve pass from Rogan at the Harvard 32, eluded the grasps of three Harvard tacklers and outraced another down the sideline, to score the first Yale touchdown in the opening quarter, and he punched over...
...other record was set in the game. Harvard split end and kick returner Paul Scheper returned two kick-offs to tie the career mark for most returns, 33, set by Rod Foster in 1970-72. Scheper, who almost lost his shot at the record after the first two Eli kicks went through the end zone, also holds the record for most returns in a season...
...consecutive drives midway through the first quarter, Harvard didn't penetrate into field goal range until the game's closing seconds, when a last-ditch effort to end an eight-quarter scoring drought in The Game fell short, as time expired with the ball on the Eli seven...
...turnovers also wasted a sterling effort by the Crimson defense, which held Diana to less than 100 yards, limited Rogan to five completions in 15 attempts for just 126 yards and permitted no Eli run from scrimmage longer than 12 yards. Highlights included a pair of quarterback sacks each for Scott Murrer and Pat Fleming...