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...varsity's defense was, as usual, impenetrable. Lanny Keyes played a nearly perfect game at left fullback, and halfback Charlie Steele bottled up the Columbia attack on the right. At the one point when a sensational stop was needed, goalie Tom Bagnoli came through. In the fourth quarter, Lion center forward Haakan Rutchinsky had a clear shot from close in, but Bagnoli rose to the occasion with a spectacular diving save...
With halfback Marsh McCall, wing John McIntosh, and inside Ted Wendell leading the way, the Crimson offense spent most of the contest deep in Lion territory...
...Crimson football team vaulted into a tie for third place in the Ivy League Saturday, when it staved off a fourth quarter rally by Columbia, pushed over two touchdowns itself, and went on to win, 38 to 22. The Lion threat to repeat Cornell's upset victory of the previous week toughened the lax and complacent Crimson eleven, and irked it into running up the highest Crimson score since the varsity's 60-6 win over Massachusetts...
Less than two minutes later, guard Bill Swinford picked off a Lion pass at midfield, and carrying the ball like a loaf of bread, sped to the Columbia 19. On the next play Bruce MacIntyre slammed through a gaping hole in the Lion defense and cut through to the goal line...
...punting duel between Boulris and Warren brought the Crimson back deep into their own territory, when the "Jet" finally got off a booming kick which carried 56 yards to the Lion 14. Shortly thereafter, the Lions committed another of their many blunders, when Don Savini lost the ball and Boulris recovered. Two plays later, Ravenel rolled through right tackle for what proved to be the deciding touchdown, though it marked the beginning of the frightening Lion rally...