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...rated Yale defense, which has allowed just 523 yds. rushing coming into THE GAME, looked like aged Swiss cheese as Harvard opened its first series after Paul Scheper's kick-off return to the Crimson...
...threw only twice--both times to Richie Horner--once for an incompletion and once for ten yds. and a first down at the Yale 22. St. John kept the ball twice and directed Harvard to the end zone with 5:05 left in the quarter...
Dave Cody capped the 13-play, 74-yd. drive with the extra point to give Harvard a 7 to nothing lead. Harvard became the only team all year to score on Yale in the opening quarter, and the only rival to draw first blood...
With the New Havenites in shock, Harvard's defense held the Elis without a first down on the exchange, but Mike Sullivan's hanging punt slipped away from Tom Beatrice, and the Elis grabbed it for a first and 10 at the Harvard...
Just when it looked like Harvard would have to punt the ball away for a second time, a Yale offside penalty on the kick moved Harvard to a first down and a new life. Hollingsworth took a St. John screen pass on second down and eked his way into Eli territory for a 16-yd. gain to the Yale...