Word: snappings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...gridders, the final margin came only because of Michaud's flubbed extra point after Holy Cross' second touchdown, a controlled 88-yd., 17-play drive culminated by Mark Covington's 6-yd. camper. Michaud had hit on a Holy Cross record of 25 consecutive PATs, but Boisture fumbled the snap and the kick veered wide to the left...
...Crimson, though, had even more trouble on snaps. The Crusaders' first score resulted from a snap that sailed over Flach's head and was recovered on the 1-yd. line nine minutes into the second quarter...
Defensive back Mike Jacobs--who chipped in a first-quarter interception--had stickum on his hands and snapped the ball high over Flach. After Harvard's first possession in the second half, Jeff Lawrence's high snap resulted in Flach's punt being blocked and recovered at the Crimson goal line. But the gridders buckled down, tripping Crusader fullback Doug Pietrick for a one-yd. loss and then forcing a fumble which right tackle Tim Palmer recovered...
...punt for a touchback following the Crimson's first possession, Flach's day turned ugly. He faced his next effort standing on his own 6-yd. line, his team ahead, 7-0, with 9:06 remaining in the second quarter. He called the signals, then watched Mike Jacobs's snap from center sail widly over his right hand. Flach scampered after it helplessly, but the Crusader's Bob Ireland had fallen on the ball at the Harvard 2-yd. line...
Normally a quality snapper, defensive back Jacobs had coated his hands with stickum to help grab Holy Cross passes; indeed Jacobs had made an interception just minutes earlier. But the stickum skewed the snap, and Flach wound up in a pile of bodies at the two. And on the next play, Crusader Doug Pietrick pushed it over to tie the score...