Word: snappings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...blue-tinted nightmare for the Crimson. The Harvard offense compiled only two first downs during the period when it had the wind at its back, and those came in the closing minute. Flach, who had sprained a finger trying unsuccessfully to get off a kick on a low snap in the first half, fumbled a center snap at the Crimson...
November 21, 1970: It's the last play of the game. Harvard has the ball, protecting a slim 14-10 lead. Crimson quarterback Eric Crone takes the snap, and for some still undetermined reason, runs back into his own end zone. Lucky for him, he holds onto the ball as he is mobbed by hundreds of Harvard fans and the Yale defensive line, scoring a safety for the Bulldogs rather than a touchdown. Harvard squeaks by, 14-12, and Crone picks up a nickname...
...Unfairly, Eric "End Zone" Crone, a three-year starter against the Elis and a talented passer, will probably be remembered for a play that didn't matter. With time running out and Harvard nursing a 14-10 lead, Crone took the snap at his own 12-yard line and faded back to run out the clock. He faded so far back, however, that the Yale defense downed him in his own end zone for a safety. What's worse, time hadn't elapsed, and the Crimson was forced to punt the ball from its own 20, giving Yale one last...
...mind, the game had been won. I didn't really know what I was doing at that point--I was using more athletic ability than knowledge my sophomore year. The fans were counting it down, so I heard in my mind that the game was over, and then the snap occurred. I took the ball and ran back in the end zone--a thousand fans ran over and pounced...
Phil Simms passed for three yards and three touchdowns and Joe Danelo kicked a 27-yd. field goal with 1:07 remaining to enable the New York Giants to snap an eight-game losing streak with a 38-35 upset of the Dallas Cowboys in National Football League action Sunday...