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Twice Harvard scored and twice Yale emulated the successful Crimson. But in the second half, the Elis carried their imitation too far, copying the mistakes the Crimson had made earlier in the game. A Yale fumble, three penalties, and a pass interception combined to ensure that Bobby Leo's 46-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter would provide Harvard's margin of victory...
...Crimson got one first down, but Leo was stopped short of another. Mechling's punt was rolling dead on the 30 when a Yale man was detected clipping, and the ball went back inside the Yale...
...Harvard, right tackle Joe Jurek and right guard Gene Skowronski did not start but both got into the game later. The Crimson's starting backfield was shuffled too, with Wally Grant moving to right half, Bobby Leo playing left half, and Stan Yastrzemski starting at fullback. Leo played with both the first and second teams on offense, while Dave Poe played almost exclusively on defense...
...pass from John McCluskey to Paul Barringer, who leaped high to take it on the left sideline, put Harvard on the Yale 40. Two plays later, halfback Bobby Leo got behind Jim Groninger and was open at the five-yard line, but McCluskey threw short and Groninger intercepted for Yale...
...Leo's tounchdown came with 12 minutes left in the game and gave Harvard an 18-14 lead. Once again, McCluskey disdained the kick and tried for two points, but Pat Conway's sprint around right end was stopped short of the goal line...