Word: passing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Less than two minutes later, the Elis shocked Harvard again on a picture play. Babcock threaded a pass through the Crimson defense to tiny inside Sunny Oyekan of the Bulldogs. Oyekan faked goalie Jim Sawhill and drilled a perfect shot into the center of the net. Sawhill had no chance at the shot as he was caught out of position by the neat Yale teamwork...
Outside right Mike Mueller fed a low pass to outside left John Babcock. Babcock dribbled in towards the goal and slammed home a low, hard shot for Yale's initial score. The time was 6:50 of the second stanza...
...Crimson's only touchdown of the Brown game came in the last six seconds of the game. Brown kicked off after booting a field goal and the Crimson took over the ball with time for only one play. Quarterback Crace tossed a short swing pass to halfback Harrison and Harrison outlegged the Bruin defenders for six points...
...play that no one has been able to stop is the Dowling to Hill pass out of the I formation. The Crimson must stop this, and must also stop Dowling's passes back to the other side on roll-outs. Hill is dangerous not as a runner, but as a receiver and potential passer. Yale has the winning psychology, but Harvard Stadium will be an advantage for the Crimson...
Dartmouth was the next Yale foe. Two plays in that game typify the Dowling style. One was an incomplete pass, the other a safety. Said Dowling afterwards "Boy, if I had gotten by that one man, I would have had SOME yardage...