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...ruggers' celebration proved a bit premature when UMass drove down the field to within 20 yards from the Crimson line. An attempted drop-kick went wide, but the referee called a penalty on a Crimson late hit. With time running out, the UMass kicker calmly booted the game-winner, and Harvard lost only its second game out of the last...
Trailing 14-10, the Crimson had moved the ball well on its previous possession, the first drive by either team in the second half. Even when kicker Jim Villanueva missed a field goal from the 19, Harvard hung tough and stopped Dartmouth short of a first down...
...outcome of the game is etched indelibly on my mind. The final score was Dolphins 14, Washington 7, and the Redskins' only score had come only after Dolphin kicker Garo Yepremian had tried to pass after a foiled kick, and the ball had bounced crazily off some helmets, and had somehow been maneuvered into the Redskin end zone for a touchdown...
...kicker Cory's place was junior Miro Lovric--a somewhat confusing development. A Columbia scribe in the press box explained: "Cory kicks straight on and Lovric kicks soccer style. So they bring in Lovric for the long ones because he has the distance, while Cory has short-range accuracy." Laughter had to be suppressed, as Cory's 18-yd. fiasco--a mere chip shot--was remembered...
...like father, like son" rule will be pleased to know that Villanueva is the son of former National Football League star Danny Villanueva, who placedkicked for both the Los Angeles Rams and the Dallas Cowboys. But there's more than family reputation to back up Harvard's new kicker...