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This is all possible, but hardly likely. For one thing, Philadelphian Bill Humenuk will be getting a chance to secure the starting quarterback job before a home-town crowd, and he will be fired up to the point of explosion. And then, it is hard to imagine Penn beating Harvard under almost any conditions...
...fact, the Crimson offense, which showed no scoring punch in the first half under good-run, no-pass quarterback Mike Bassett, picked up immediately when Humenuk entered the game. The senior came in with 1:34 left in the second quarter and quickly passed the Crimson 51 yards to the Dartmouth one-yard line. There two passes failed, and time ran out before a third could be attempted...
...Humenuk and Harvard, not discouraged by the failure to score, promptly erased Dartmouth's 7-0 lead with two quick third-quarter touchdowns, and added a field goal later in the game...
...wasn't merely Humenuk's passing ability that earned him his honors. His throws gave the Crimson offense a variety it had lacked this year, and helped Wally Grant, Scott Harshbarger, and Bill Grana rip off good gains while the Indians tried desperately to patch up their pass defense...
...honors, Humenuk will have to hustle to hold onto his newly-acquired job as first-string quarterback. Two years ago, when Humenuk's second-half passes won the Princeton game, it was Bassett who started the next week...