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...HAVEN, Conn.--The scenario was familiar: Harvard's defense had just yielded a morale-crushing score in the final minutes of a closely-contested football game. Yale tailback Kena Heffernan's two-yard dive into the end zone with 1:39 to play in the game seemed a fitting end to a lost Harvard season...
After Snowden was dropped in the backfield for a three-yard loss on first down, Harvard called its second time-out with 45 seconds to play. On second down and goal from the Yale seven, Snowden plunged over the left side of the offensive line, diving forward to the two-yard line. With 34 ticks remaining on the clock, the Crimson spent its final timeout of the game...
...Two plays later, a 12-yard Kena Heffernan scamper gave the Elis a first down on the Crimson 13. Yale then converted on third and seven from the Harvard 10 on a Hetherington completion to Jesse Steinfeldt at the two-yard line. A play later, running back Heffernan plunged in from two yards out, regaining the lead, 21-16, with 1:39 remaining...
...game, Tim Reed, a Bulldog defensive back and native Rhode Islander, made a game saving tackle on the two-yard line as time expired. Ironically, Reed was recruited by the Bears but passed on the Brown in favor of New Haven. Ouch...
Ferrara scored on a two-yard left option run with 1:31 left to put the halftime score at 28-14, but the necessary damage had been done. Harvard junior Patrick Hannon hit a 40-yard field goal to open up the third quarter, but Bucknell's one-two combination would end it. Glus worked his magic a fifth time, connecting with sophomore tight end Ted Stover on a four-yard TD pass with 5:21 left, and Lemon scored on a 65-yard breakaway touchdown run with 1:37 left in the quarter...