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Doyle, who runs well, is starting over very strong passer Roly Purrington. Cozza will not hesitate to bring in senior Purrington. "I regard them both as first-string," he commented. Doyle gives the wishbone offense a fourth running book. "He's also got a good arm, but he throws a little too hard," Cozza said about Doyle's passing...
Doyle, who started for the first time in place of fumbleitis-afflicted Roly Purrington, gained 160 yards himself in addition to orchestrating the rest of the Eli ground assault...
...Restic special quarterback-in-motion play) in the first half, while the defense added two more touchdowns to give Harvard a 28-2 half time lead. Yale countered with a quarterback wearing Brian Dowling's old number 10 in the second half, but although Dowling's successor, Rollie Purrington, closed the gap to 28-16. Yale's hopes for avenging the 29-29 tie were dashed when Harvard's Steve Golden nailed a two-point conversion play late in the fourth quarter. Harvard added a final touchdown in the last seconds, as senior Steve Harrison, relegated to the bench...
...especially fine thing to be a Yale man in New Haven last weekend. Roliss Holmes Purrington '73 spent the major part of Saturday afternoon on his back somewhere in the Yale end of the Bowl, to great huzzas from the Harvard side of the Stadium. This was not quite what he had been led to believe would happen to someone who wore Brian Dowling's old football jersey...
...Purrington has an unimpressive 201 yards passing on the season, with 17 completions in 43 attempts...