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Several punts later Harvard took over on the Rutgers 46. Jerry Mechling, a wiry junior, was at quarterback. On the second play halfback John Dockery ran off-tackle for 29 yards to the Rutgers 14. Fullback Lloyd MacDonald made eight, and after Poe was stopped, Mechling raced around end for his first varsity touchdown...
After Bob Stringer made the first down, Humenuk engineered the prettiest play of the game. Fading back from the Rutgers 38, Humenuk tossed a perfect pass to speedy sophomore Dave Poe, who caught it at the 13 and skipped into the end zone. Roger Noback, another sophomore, got into the act by kicking the extra point...
...this point, with both the Massachusetts team and the clock rapidly receding, Bassett sent sophomore back Dave Poe around end. His five yard gain, acceptable in any other situation, was unuseful here, as time ran out before Bassett could get his center to snap the ball again...
Trying to reconstruct the situation afterwards, Bassett said he should have tried a pass play instead of the Poe run. At the time, he had thought Poe might go all the way, and that there was time for two plays. In fact, immmediately after the ball was placed Bassett tried to get a snap and throw it, but the period ended a second too soon...
Although they made some minor mistakes, sophomores Wally Grant and Dave Poe gave notice they will soon be important members of the Crimson backfield. Grant exhibited a fleet foot if not always a steady hand, and Poe showed promising intuition. Jim Gahan's punting was another source of encouragement...