Word: johanson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seven-man line on defense, which thoroughly stopped the Crimson's guard and tackle slants. Harvard did not seem to have any back fast enough to run the ends in this kind of situation; and when it tried to pass, the accuracy of quarter-backs Charlie Ravenel and Ron Johanson was woefully inadequate...
...minutes earlier, the Crimson barely missed scoring when Bill Crowley, replacing Stahura at right halfback, misjudged a Johanson pass on the Quaker ten yard line...
...Harvard forward unit held, and Penn had to kick. Then, with the ball on the Crimson 20, Boulris tried his favorite right end spot, wriggled free from several defenders, and raced 55 yards to the Penn 25. Four plays later Johanson found captain Tom Hooper alone in the end zone, Hooper making a very nice catch of a rather inaccurate 20 yard toss...
...Crimson, that coming in the middle of the third quarter. The drive started when Bob Foster intercepted a Penn pass on the Harvard 36. The Crimson drove steadily, on fine running by Boulris--28 yards--and Don Gerety--16 yards--to the Penn three yard line. There Johanson called his one obviously bad play of the afternoon. He pitched deep back to Gerety at the ten and the right halfback was stopped by Jacoby, the outstanding player of the day for Penn, for a seven yard loss...
This halted the Crimson attack, and the varsity did very little offensively for the rest of the game. The defense took charge and held the Quakers well outside the Crimson 30 yard line. Penn lost its only other chance to tie the game when Johanson, who played the entire 60 minutes, stopped Fred Doelling, who tried to run the ball from punt formation on the Crimson...