Word: whelchel
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...started late in the first half, with Whelchel completing eight of 12 passes and almost bringing Mass a score. Now in the third quarter he knew that the pass was his best weapon and he stayed with it, running only when his receivers were covered...
...UMass dug in and stopped the Crimson attack and Whelchel had the ball again. He threw to Walt Morin, the 240-pound end who was carrying defenders three yards after they caught him, then to fullback Mike Ross, then to Meers on a fourth-down play that put the ball on Harvard's nine-yard line. One play later Whelchel took it in himself, rolling out of the hands of a defensive lineman and into the end zone...
...Whelchel played an outstanding game, a cool young man who passed for 124 yards, ran for 68, and handled the ball flawlessly although UMass plays call for some tricky reverse handoffs. He called plays almost perfectly, twice popping screen passes over the heads of Harvard linemen who had called a blitz. If Harvard meets a better quarterback, they may need to call in the Military Science Department to stop...
...Whelchel hadn't taken to the air in the entire first quarter. Suddenly he discovered his own right arm and started picking the pass defense apart with the kind of short, hook-and-slant passes that a 5-4 defense is supposed to be vulnerable to. Only a fumble by Phil DeRose at the nine-yard line stopped what seemed like a sure UMass touchdown as the second quarter ended...
...Whelchel's play, fine as it was, should not overshadow the unusually good first game Harvard played. McCluskey winding up with 109 yards, Poe with 71, Grant 55 and Conway 35. Yovicsin has found a wonderful fullback in Conway, a big, fast guy whose vicious blocks cleared the way for the end sweeps...