Word: yarding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...week before, Dartmouth had shut out Yale, holding John Pagliaro to 62 yards on 41 carries. Earlier in the season, Harvard had averaged just one yard per carry over a two-game stretch. The starting Crimson backfield--Larry Brown, Chris Doherty, Jon Sigillito and Ralph Polillio--had a collective career total of 145 yards rushing before this season. And it was raining...
Dartmouth quarterback Joe McLaughlin finally got the visitors' act together in the second period via a 12-play, 40-yard march for six and a two-point conversion...
Climson tackle Chuck Durst's block of a Dartmouth punt set up Harvard's initial strike, a one-yard plunge by quarterback Haywood Miller midway through the opening stanza. Kicker 'Wild' Bill Cody's extra point bid was blocked...
Harvard ran its six-point intermission edge to 20-8 off the second half kickoff. Connors's 48-yard gallop highlighting an 80-yard drive that culminated in Miller's second quarterback sneak TD. But the lanky playmaker's run for the extra deuce tell short, and would turn out to be costly in a surprisingly well played (considering the monsoon conditions) affair...
McLaughlin's 28-yard touchdown run and two-point conversion moved Dartmouth to within striking distance (20-16) late in the third period. Then came the classical big [Green] break, a blocked punt deep in Harvard territory midway through the fourth quarter. McLaughlin proceeded to hit wide receiver Dave Schula on a ten-yard touchdown toss, Dartmouth staving off a pair of late Harvard thrusts for the victory...