Word: punt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After Curry missed making a beautiful diving pass on another bomb, he got off a weak 13-yard punt. Eli star John Pagliaro, the nation's leading scorer, broke into the open on a run and gave Yale a first down inside the Crimson...
Fired up by that score, the Harvard defense shut down the Bulldogs on their next possession. On the Crimson's first play after the Eli punt, Brown hit Curry perfectly 40 yards downfield, but the senior end could not handle the over-the-shoulder catch...
...three plays later Brown hit Sablock again for 17 yards to the Yale 36-yard line. Then, the Crimson pass blocking broke down as it had early in the game. The Harvard signal-caller was dropped for a big loss, and the visitors had to punt...
...Bulldogs looked sharp, driving to near midfield, but they too hit a snag when Tom Masterson picked off a Rizzo pass. On their next possession, after they had once more forced Harvard to punt by sacking Brown, the Elis drove crisply to the Crimson 20 before a holding penalty short-circuited the foray...
Then, with 11 minutes left to play, after two straight sacks by Bob Baggott had apparently forced Yale to punt on third and long from its own 34, punter Mike Sullivan sped around end and followed beautiful blocking 66 yards for the touchdown. The Elis had an undisputed title firmly in hand...