Word: quarters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Twice in the final quarter the injury-ravaged Harvard defense stopped Penn drives on fourth down, and then defensive tackle Tim Palmer shot through the Quaker line with 12 seconds left to sack QB Tom Roland at the Harvard 13-yd. line and save the game...
...Multiflex politely removed itself from its straight-jacket late in the first quarter, as Larry Brown claimed a small chunk of the Astroturf endzone for his very own on a sneak at 2:59. Ralph Polillio had nearly scooted in himself two plays later, but safety Jack Sinnigen cut under him at the one-yard line following a 30-yd. off-tackle burst...
After Roland and Al MacMurray volleyed a couple of punts back and forth early in the second quarter, the Crimson assumed a never-to-be-relinquished lead...
...oddest stuff was yet to come. Consider, for example, a third quarter in which the Harvard offense ran off just seven plays for no first downs. But Penn failed to score, owing mainly to penalties and poor execution despite their dominance in possession time...
...then in the fourth quarter came the much-maligned Crimson defense's finest hour of the year. Reeling backward behind the force of three full-field drives, and giving up 105 yards total offense, the defenders nonetheless failed to allow Penn to score--and that's the name of the game...