Word: punt
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Indirectly, he was referring to Harvard's two fatal mistakes--the intercepted pitchout and a high pass from center on a fourth-down punt play in the second quarter--which set up Columbia's second and fourth touchdowns. Yovicsin was impatient and visibly irked over these plays; he couldn't pass them off as "that's the breaks," for they were identical to the two blatant errors in the Lehigh game which also led to touchdowns...
Harvard then took over the ball after a short punt to the Tufts 45 and marched for a touchdown in eight plays. The drive was capped with Humenuk's scoring toss to Gray from the 21 yard line...
...second miracle for Lehigh, misery for Harvard, came three minutes later at 13 minutes of the final quarter when Crimson halfback Tom Boone dropped back in punt formation on fourth down. The ball was on the Harvard 45 yard line when it was centered, a short time later it was in the end zone smothered by Lehigh center Charlie Craze...
Harvard began what looked like a great day in Cambridge at 5:16 of the first quarter when Bob Boyda crashed through and blocked a fourth-down punt deep in Engineer territory by Walt King, the Lehigh quarterback. Crimson tackle Darwin Wile recovered the ball in the end zone, and Dave Ward made the conversion to put the Crimson ahead...
...A.F.L. these retreads looked like champions: Dorow passed for 26 touchdowns, Tripucka for 24 and Kemp for 20. Though their success was largely because of ill-organized A.F.L. defenses, the result was some exciting and improbable football. One week New York lost a game on a blocked punt in the final seconds; the next week New York won on the very same play. On another occasion, with his team trailing 38-7, a blizzard howling, and only 20 minutes left on the clock, Tripucka led Denver to four touchdowns and a 38-38 tie. Teams traded touchdowns with such fervor...