Word: mercein
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Yale began The Game in a generous mood. On the opening kick-off Jim Howard dropped the ball before hurrying out to the 18, and on the first play from scrimmage Chuck Mercein bobbled again with Harvard's Jeff Pochop close enough to recover...
...just three plays, the essential one being a pitch-out to Jim Groniger that went for 16 yards. Yale gained a touchdown. Groniger carried the ball in, and Mercein's kick gave Yale the lead...
...defense was a little more succesful, stopping an Eli drive that had moved 40 yards to Harvard's 30, where Mercein missed a field goal...
Faking well and directing his fellow backs through large openings prepared by his line, Rapp took Yale to its second touchdown in nine plays. Egloff and Mercein did most of the running, with Egloff crossing the goal line on a one yard slash through tackle...
Merrill ran to the Harvard three, and while a clipping penalty returned the ball to the Harvard 31, the Crimson was about finished. Rapp, Egloff, and Mercein moved the ball and the Eli linemen moved Harvard men easily. Egloff scored on another one yard plunge and Yale had a commanding 20-6 lead...