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With less than four minutes left in the quarter, Harvard took possession on its own 20 and proceeded to drive downfield. Brown ham-and-egged with his receivers, first hitting Rich Horner on a crossing pattern for a first down on the 41, and then finding himself on the receiving end of a Paul Connors pass. Connors' toss was incomplete but the Colgate defender was whistled down for interference which gave Harvard a first down in Colgate territory...
...Crimson offense continued to move the ball and Harvard scored its second touchdown with 2:27 left in the half. First, Brown connected with Horner who went out at the Colgate 35 for a first down. Brown then carried the pigskin himself on four of the next five plays to set up a Crimson first down on the 12. Whirligig halfback Ralph Polillio then bolted up the middle and into the endzone for the six points. Bosnic's point after made the score...
...bottle up Colgate and Harvard took over at its own 28 with under a minute left in the half. Two running plays for five-yards brought the clock down to :07. Brown conferred with Restic and on third down he faded back and threw a 40-yard strike to Horner, who was pushed out on the 25-yardline with one second left in the half...
Restic said afterwards of Horner's key reception, "I told Larry to pump to the seam and then lay the ball up to the slot. The way Horner ran the pattern was just excellent. You don't even get that in pro ball...
Saturday's victory graphically illustrated that Brown can rely on his wide receivers on critical third down plays as Horner and MacLeod combined for four receptions for 98 yards. Restic said, "Larry sees the whole scene downfield much better than before." Horner added, "my feeling is that we can pretty much throw at will...