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Harvard football teases you. It is wide-open and unpredictable. Just when Harvard appears to be breezing past its rival, a couple of fumbles or an interception will turn the game topsy-turvy. Just when the Crimson start to go down under, they'll recover a blocked punt in the other fellows' end zone. If the Crimson often fail to deliver the knockout blow, they're rarely dominated...
...blocked punt and two fumble recoveries led to a 21-15 victory over Cornell. Dartmouth subdued Harvard only after the Crimson had twice failed to punch the ball over from the one-yard line. A clutch circus catch in the end zone with less than two minutes left helped defeat Penn by four. The Crimson hung on gamely to nip Princeton 19-14, and then outgunned Brown, 35-32. Not a season with much breathing room...
Bill Emper put the white team on the scoreboard late in the second quarter when he took a punt 97 yards for six points. The whites, composed of the first offense and the second defense, had threatened earlier, but halfback Ed Cronin was stopped on the six-inch line on a fourth down...
When Chief Wahoo McDaniel of the Miami Dolphins went back to punt, the statisticians' palms got wet. How do you calculate a punting average with some kicks going for minus yardage? When Ernie Ladd got on the scales in summer camp, they had to take him out to a truck inspection station. Doctors' scales only go to 300 pounds. When Booth Lusteg went to the Buffalo Bills training camp, they were willing to take a chance because he claimed to be only 23. He was actually 27 and had no previous kicking experience. He booted the Bills to the playoffs...
...little offensive excitement the new rules have brought to the NFL game is the likelihood of more long punt returns when a team punts from deep in its own territory. More often than not, however, the punting team will have been trapped there by a previous coffin corner kick. Punt, punt, punt...