Word: pass
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard's second play from scrimmage appeared to confirm all of the worst suspicions about St. John's ability to throw a pass. Seeing his first game action since 1977, the senior signalcaller rolled right and fluttered a pass into the arms of Lion safety Mike Brown...
...played superbly all afternoon--though the depressingly dismal Lion offense did not test the Harvard team too severely--came up with the second score. Columbia quarterbac Bob Conroy, with a third-and-five at his own 20 yardline, scampered away from an all-out Harvard blitz, just lofting a pass over the arms of hard-charging middle linebacker Bob Woolway...
...Ciulla blast to the left ran into massive Bob Woolway, who returned on the next play to smother quarterback Bob Conroy at the one. On third down, adjuster John Casto sacked Conroy; and Woolway came back once more to deflect a fourth-down endzone-bound pass intended for no one in particular...
...good one overall for Harvard, as the Crimson finished strong after a very weak start. When the game opened it looked like Harvard might be facing a depressing day. On Harvard's first possession, following a 4-yd. Connor's blast, St. John faded back to try his first pass as the starting varsity quarterback. He completed the toss, thrown with precision into the waiting arms of Columbia's Mike Brown, who returned the ball to the Harvard...
...trio of exchanges followed, with neither team's offense mounting any attack, thus running out the bulk of the quarter. St. John, throwing his second pass of the day, was well off the mark on a screen try to Connors. But the Crimson defense remained solid, with the cornerbacks moving up well to close down the outside...