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...Crimson made its first six points a few minutes after the beginning of the game. After a pass interception by Tom Boone had given Harvard possession of the ball, Damis ran a five-yard sweep around the Quaker right end to score a touchdown. The rest of the first quarter was marred by fumbles by each team as they struggled on the muddy field...
Penn broke the deadlock in the fourth quarter with a 20-yard pass from Gray, the Quaker quarterback, to left end Ede. As time began to run out, the Crimson desperately varied its plays. Finally, Damis broke loose on an eight-yard reverse end run to tie the game...
...Crimson's lightweight line, whose precision attack was supposed to flounder on wet, muddy grounds, was never better, as it rose to the occasion against a rugged Quaker eleven. Moreover, the varsity adapted easily to the narrow Penn field...
Goalie Tom Bagnoli led the Crimson to victory. As a sophomore in 1957, Bagnoli replaced injured regular goalie Jim Perkins for the Penn contest, and allowed four goals on the muddy Quaker field before being replaced late in the first period. Saturday, in identical conditions, he was magnificent. He stopped everything that came his way and contributed the play of the game midway in the third quarter...
...With Quaker wing Dean Brown closing in on a rolling ball about ten yards away from the goal, Bagnoli charged, and seemingly grabbed the ball off Brown's foot. When Bagnoli sank to the ground after punting out of danger, Crimson hopes plummeted. It turned out that he was merely stunned--from taking the brunt of Brown's kick on his head...