Word: yaleness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...game was not supposed to be close, but Harvard's defense decided to make it that way. On the first eight plays of the first quarter. Yale drove 50 yards to the Harvard 24, but then the defense stiffened...
...there was reason for Yale's concern for most of the fourth quarter. Roda, sent in to replace sophomore starter Rex Blankenship, began throwing completions into the shaky Yale secondary, and had it not been for the defensive end Jim Gallagher and a few linemates. Harvard could easily have tied and perhaps have won the 86th game of the series...
...next three plays went nowhere. Yale quarterback Joe Massey, meanwhile, was showing why he has earned a reputation for being a second-half quarterback, so the Crimson got two more chances before halftime but failed to score...
...Then Yale came along. Bob Milligan got just behind the secondary to receive a long pass from Massey. and he would have scored but for Fred Martucci's right hand, which barely managed to trip...
Harvard had an excellent chance to score when Jim Reynolds. who played a superb game, returned the second-half kickoff 47 yards to the Yale 49 with the help of some great blocking. But a penalty and a fumble by Miller gave Yale the ball...