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...Crimson's payoff came halfway through the first stanza. Halfback Leighton Welsh found enough space to dribble free out of Harvard's half of the field and strung a long pass to forward Richard Berkman cutting toward the Columbia goal on a breakaway...
With little or no pressure on their own net, Columbia's fullbacks began to come forward into the attack, and with just 3:22 left, defender Steve Taylor snuck into Harvard's penalty box and converted halfback Jim Wurster's cross into the tying tally...
...minute and two short rushing gains later, Crimson quarterback Ron Cuccia handed off to halfback Scott McCabe, who went 12 yards for the touchdown. Jim Villanueva hit the PAT, and Harvard had a 7-0 lead with only 3:01 gone on the clock...
Hooper had his hand in Harvard's second goal which came at 20:03. Some aggressive defense by senior halfback Mike Mogollon in the Engineers' half of the pitch sent a ball rolling to Hooper on the now-familiar left end-line. After a quick move toward the goal month, he lunched a lofting pass to forward Lance Ayrault, standing alone on the MIT penalty spot. The Crimson captain sent a header over the arms of Engineer Goalkeeper Bob Schaefer and just under the crossbar for the tally...
Polsinello's chief responsibility will be handing off to halfback Sean Maher, who tied for second place in the league in scoring last season...