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...Houston's O.K., of course-flew Columbia himself during the final turn, rather than letting the computer do it. With a fighter-like maneuver, he put the ship right on line with Runway 23, the same one used on the last trip. After the troubled flight, the smooth touchdown was joyfully anticlimactic. Columbia slid to earth more gently than many a commercial jet. Cheers rose up from the 250,000 people gathered on the desert floor for the homecoming, and controllers in Houston lit up their traditional victory cigars. It seemed that Columbia might yet become NASA...
...Grieve's 47 catches going into the game were already an Eli high for a single season. And with Saturday's performance, the rangy receiver broke Gary Fencik's record (729, in 1975) for most receiving yards in a season, with 790. His four receptions, the final one a touchdown catch with only 1:24 left in the game, tied him with tight end John Spagnola (1976-78) for most receptions in a career (88). And his two touchdowns, again the second one with just 1:24 left, gave him 12 on the year, to break the old mark...
With three minutes left in the game. Yale brought the alumni-filled crowed to its feet with a 30-yard touchdown pass to receiver Jeff Schultz. The TD brought the Elis within five points of evening the score...
...frank, the thing I remember most about The Game was catching our only touchdown pass. It was a special spirit in that game, even though we lost...
...other, of course, is Delgadillo. The Crimson cornerback will be responsible much of the afternoon for covering Grieve, who, if you remember, beat Delgadillo for the first Eli touchdown on a fourth-and-nineteen play, during last year's 14-0 Yale win. Delgadillo, who needs two interceptions to break the Harvard career record, will be the man to snare an Eli pass in a crucial situation...