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Early in the first match, three-quarter half Ross Damos fielded a loose ball from a scramble and ran ten yards through the M.I.T. backs for a try. The conversion kick went wide of the goal-posts. Hooker Sandy Whitman scored the second try when he caught a punt in the end zone and touched the ball down...
Jack Cirle, the man who ran back a punt for the only Yale score in The Game last year, gave the first indications of Eli hostility three plays later when be intercepted a Mike Bassett pass that bounced off Tom Stephenson. But the Bulldog quarterback fumbled his second snap from center and Pochop once again claimed the ball, this time on the Yale 27 yard line...
Given a third chance, when an Eli punt rolled out on the Crimson 32, Harvard for a moment resembled the Crimson team that had shocked Princeton and Dartmouth. Fullback Bill Grana made a solid five-yard run up the middle to start the drive, and Mike Bassett gave it additional momentum with a flare pass to Scott Harshbarger for a 20 yard gain...
...Bulldog line refused to give up a first down after the Crimson took the second half kick-off. A good punt by Harry van Oudenallen against the wind ended in horror, however. Randy Egloff received the kick on his own 37 and returned it to the Crimson 40 despite the resistance of four tacklers...
Harvard kicked to open the third period, and the Crimson defense held for three downs, but the Elis fourth down punt rolled dead on the Crimson two-yard line. It looked as though Harvard was in hot water again...