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Both teams scored in the closing minutes of the half. Harvard took the lead when Kelly climaxed a 45-yard drive with a five-yard scamper around the end. Yale evened the count as Schmoke drilled a short pass to slippery halfback Bernie Sowley to gain a half time...
Regulation time was drawing to a close when right halfback Abi Azikiwe's long pass outdistanced the referee and was picked up by Crimson right wing Gerry Montero. Montero fed Vargas in the middle, and the inside from Colombia drove the winning goal past Greenberg, who again was advancing in vain...
Quarterback Brian Dowling sparkled. He tossed touchdown strikes 48 yards to 6-5 end Brien Weinstein, and 11 yards to halfback Calvin Hill. He chalked up another score on a 4 yard keeper play around Princeton's right...
...first touchdown play of the game, Dowling pitched out to Hill, in motion to the right. Yale's star halfback galloped toward the sideline, pursued by five Princeton men. Dowling streaked down the opposite side of the field, with a three-step lead on the defensive safety. Hill stopped, turned, and launched a bomb to Dowling, who grabbed the ball on Princeton's 38 and took it all the way home...
Quarterback Bill Kelly demonstrated his versatility by going both ways in the first quarter. As a defensive halfback, Kelly intercepted a Brown pass early in the game, juggled the ball for a few seconds, and returned it 42 yards for the game's first score, Kelly averaged 4 yards a carry and passed seven times for two completions and 29 yards...