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Quarterback Mike Bassett immediately attacked the Knights' undermanned end corps. He pitched out to Wally Grant on a power sweep to the right, and when Bill Grana threw a block the swift sophomore was free. Stephenson came across field to dispatch the last defender, and Grant had his first varsity touchdown. John Hartranft kicked the first of his Three extra points, and the score was 7-0 with only 1:54 elapsed in the game...
...goal line, however, Mass stiffened and Harvard hesitated. Second team fullback Stan Yastrzemski investigated seeming openings at left and right guard without success. Then halfback Walter Grant, on a play called in from the bench, carried into right tackie, but could not find the opening. Finally, fullback Bill Grana, now back in the game, took the ball on what was supposed to be an end run but ended up in a blind alley at right tackle. The virginity of its end zone unimpaired, the Mass team left the field engulfed in an appreciative roar from the far stands...
...next play Ulcickas cancelled a Whelchel pass, throwing the quarterback for a seven yard loss. Then, on fourth down, Grana risked serious injury to prevent a Mass score, breaking through the line to throw himself at the foot of field goal kicker Milt Morin. Morin's toe dug deep into Grana's unprotected thigh, but the ball squirted off harmlessly. While badly bruised, Grana escaped serious damage and should be able to play next week...
With all the talk about a pickle at tackle many observors expected to see gaping holes develop. In fact, the tackles, led by Jeff Pochop and Joe Jurek, actually looked quite good. They held on defense and gave fullbacks Bill Grana and Stan Yastrzemski plenty of running room...
...Alfred Guzetti, John Henn, Frederic Kellogg, Leo Mullin; Leverett, Keith Julian, Ronald Cohen, Michael Reiss, Donald Stern, Earl Leiken; Lowell, David Brandling-Bennet, Charles Bolton, Eugene Kinasewich, Marshall Moriarity, Richard Seymour; Quincy, Duncan Kennedy, Robert Kudrle, Fernand Brunschwig, R. Gilbert Jost, Victor Niederhoffer; Winthrop, Max Byrd, Bruce Paisner, William Grana, Grief Raggio, Robert Benson...