Word: line
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Roda dropped back to pass in the fourth quarter at the Yale 40-yard line, and threw the ball to Pete Varney for a completion at the ten. Harvard was driving towards a tying touchdown...
...turned out, however, they could have displayed their handkerchiefs for good after Bill Prumps tunneled through the left side of the Harvard line for the game's only touchdown late in the third quarter...
...second quarter, the offense occasionally indicated that it might score some points. After fullback Tom Miller had gained a total of one yard on two consecutive carries. Blankenship sent him up the middle on a third-and-nine situation. He broke through the line, and with the help of a crushing block by Varney, gained 18 yards to the Harvard...
Then on a crucial third-and-nine from the Harvard 29, Massey threw to Lew Rooney, who juggled the pass before finally securing it 19 yards from the goal line. Matters got worse when Dreischars piled on Rodey to bring the ball even closer to the end zone. Three plays later Primps and the football were safely over the goal line...
Martucei's interception and Rick Frisbie's block of a field goal got the ball back twice, but awesome rushes by the Yale line made sure that Roda's desperate efforts to get his team on the scoreboard were not successful...