Word: punt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...minutes into the second half. Adrian Tew blasted a 35-yard penalty kick through the uprights to narrow the Maroon lead to three. Crimson forward Tom McKinley came up with the key play of the game when he blocked a punt on the Maroon ten. The ball rolled into the end zone and Tew pounced on it to give Harvard the lead and the eventual victory...
Fortunately, Dartmouth presented Harvard with two touchdowns. The Big Green wasted little time in bestowing its first gift, fouling up a reverse punt return early in the first quarter. The two Dartmouth runners missed connections on their own five yard line, the ball rolled into the endoze, and punting center Kerry Rifkin fell on it for a touchdowns...
...pass to Byrd set up the first of Perry's three field goal, and a well-executed screen pass gave Dartmouth a 15-14 lead. Perry pass shanked another point after attempt, but he made up for it with one second remaining in the half. A partially-blocked Harvard punt gave the Green a scoring chance on the Crimson 21, and Perry drilled a 38-yarder off the goal post and over the cross...
Despite the Dartmouth scoring. Harvard's defense was still in its own territory. Excluding the first quarter bomb and the blocked punt in the final seconds of the half. Dartmouth moved inside the Harvard 30 five times. They scored once, but for the rest, the Crimson defense either stopped the Green or forced them to go for the field goal. On a fourth and one situation on the Harvard eight in the second quarter. Malinowski took a few inches off his goal horns by nailing a Dartmouth ball carrier for a loss...
...team standings Harvard is first in the league in average yards per punt (35.5 yds.). Second in average defense per game (226 yds.), third in average scoring in the league (26.5) and fourth in average offense per game...