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PRINCETON at COLUMBIA--In its first three games, highly-touted Princeton has shown itself to have a slow quarterback, a sloppy veer offense and a porous defense. Then again, every year Columbia seems to be turning the corner, then they fool you and go 2-7. This time the Lions are for real. My brother went to Princeton and told me he'd beat me up if I picked Columbia, but my brother I can handle. Columbia 20, Princeton...
...victory came about like most unexpected but flawless efforts, from a combination of things. The defensive line, most notably sophomore Marco Coric, and seniors Bob Murray and Tom McDevitt, jettisoned the "wait and see" type of rush they employed against Columbia's veer offense a week ago, and let themselves loose for four quarters' worth of pressure of the UMass attack...
Harvard retained possession of the ball for only 22 minutes of the game, while the Crimson could manage only 11 first downs compared to the 20 ground out by Columbia. With quarterback Cal Moffie executing the veer offense nearly flawlessly, Columbia rushed 67 times to rack up 236 yards against the frazzled Harvard defense...
...play later Harvard was right back in the game. After Dave Kinney fielded the kick-off at the 27-yd, line, Brown called "aces left, full loose 27 veer pick crack on the quick count" in the huddle. Wayne Moore took the hand-off, accelerated around right end, cut back against the grain, dodged several tacklers, and then gambolled 83 yards to the endzone to the Crimson to within two points, 14-12. Harvard tried to knot the score with a two-point conversion of its own, but failed when Brown rolled right and lateraled to Moore who was stopped...
...Crimson defense simply could not shut down the veer running game with Ciulla, Britt and Gerry Fitzpatrick each gaining over 80 yards rushing. The Lions took a commanding 21-12 lead on the mathematical seven-play, 35-yd. drive after Harvard was forced to punt from inside...