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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Burke St. John started the game for Harvard at quarterback. He also finished the game at quarterback. And the 32,000 fans in Harvard Stadium Saturday afternoon called it a miracle...
...St. John, a senior from Chappaqua, N.Y., playing his first game since he damaged knee ligaments September 29, started a wing-and-a-prayer aerial assault on the Dartmouth secondary. With the Big Green hanging back to prevent the longainer, St. John drilled two straight passes to Richie Horner...
...opening series, a fine-tuned Crimson offense slipped down the field under the able guidance of the heady St. John. Using a Restic brainchild--the triple slot formation--Harvard baffled Dartmouth by lining up four receivers to one side and sending the fifth man in motion to that side...
Horner, who had eight catches for 93 yards and a touchdown Saturday, grabbed St. John's second toss at the Dartmouth 30, where he was knocked out of bounds with 9 seconds showing. Then Tom Beatrice snared the third St. John pass at the 25-yd. line and ran out of bounds at the Dartmouth 21. With five seconds in the game. Harvard coach Joe Restic elected to try a field goal--a38-yd. attempt into the swirling wind in the closed end of the stadium...
...afternoon that began with high hopes for a struggling Crimson squad. After a week of uncertainty about who would start in the ever-changing quarterback position, St. John got the medical OK Friday and led the team onto the field...