Word: punt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...second half, the Crimson kicked the Bulldog in the teeth on a cold and bitter afternoon in the Stadium. While vendors hawked tea in the stands, Bill Taylor confused the Yale stalwarts again and again with magnificent punting under heavy Eli pressure, dazzling running, and general excellence. A Yale touchdown, achieved by running a punt back to the end zone while the Harvard team blocked itself off the field, gave the game a sense of drama, but Harvard's line, by then strong and experienced, had too much finesse and skill to be fooled by Yale's generally feeble offensive...
...doubts about voting him the most valuable player on the squad, and that squad did take second place. Taylor's running abilities rank with those of any back in the Ivies. Further-more, he was one of the League's most versatile performers, excelling in running, receiving, punting, punt returning, blocking, defense, and scoring. Just on merit alone-without the consideration of position-he certainly is ahead of Columbia's Roberts, and quite the equal of Dartmouth's Tom Spangenberg, the only non-quarterback on the first string...
Yalie John Cirie took a Taylor punt on his own 41, and dutifully headed up the field. He was generally ignored by most of the Harvard team however, who furiously attacked several Yalies on the other side of the field...
Harvard moved out of reach in the final period when Harshbarger took a short O'Connell punt on his own 34 and returned it 21 yards. Four plays later Fred Bartl crashed over the goal line, and Hartranft again connected on the conversion kick...
...Bennington Peers III has shrewdly noted, it's the Big Three title that really counts.Yale halfback JUD CALKINS (25) misses a short pass from Brain Rapp as PAT YOUNG (87), HOBIE ARMSTRONG (40) and DAVE STRINGER converge on him. On the next play, Yale tried a fake punt, but their receiver was ineligible...