Word: punting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Four plays later Harvard got the ball back on a Yale punt, and the Yale defense again proved generous. Yet another pass interference call gave the Crimson a first down on the Yale 40, and Lahti again took advantage by lofting a bomb to Dirk Killen in the endzone. Another Abate PAT gave Harvard the margin of victory...
...remaining in the first quarter. Harvard had lurched, groped and stumbled to a 14-0 deficit at Franklin Field. The first time the Crimson gridders had the ball, quarterback Brian Buckley threw an interception; the second time, halfback Paul Connors fumbled; and the third time, Steve Flach nudged a punt 27 yds. to the Harvard 47 yd. line. It wasn't panic; call it sleep...
After a Penn punt the Crimson took over at its own 33 with exactly two minutes to go and proceeded to engage in one of the most peculiar drives of this or any other season. First, Acheson went 53 yards off tackle, only to have the run called back for illegal procedure. But Buckley worked the clock like a master and moved his team and a nine-yd. pass to Beatrice moving Harvard to the Penn three with 32 seconds to go in the half...
...Punt Returns Player No Yds TD Lg Avg Paul Scheper 8 43 0 12 5.4 Scott McCabe 11 47 0 10 4.3 Tom Clark...
...Cornell drew blood first with an 11-yd. Mike Ryan keeper that capped an 80-yd. drive as the first quarter ended. The second quarter sealed the Big Red's victory, with a Tenuta touchdown followed by a one-play, 4-yd. Cornell drive capitalizing on a blocked punt...