Word: yarding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...second half the Bullpups pulled away, scoring first on a 40-yd. field goal by Tony Jones, then on a ten-yard run by Gaughan for a 23-0 bulge...
...though, the seats were 50-yard line material, the drinks were kept to a minimum and Harvard was in the ball game. Very much so, in fact, despite Yale's early dominance and 7-0 advantage after Eli signalcaller Stone Phillips engineered a 43-yd., 11-play drive at the outset of the second quarter and capped the march himself by running five uninterrupted yards for the score...
Fortunately, the ban lasted only two years; and in 1897, The Game made its return, only to end in an unsatisfying 0-0 tie. After failing to score from the Yale five-yard line, the Crimson was so disgusted that it forfeited the traditional H awarded at the close of the football season...
...years later, frustration returned as The Game of '99 ended in a scoreless deadlock. Harvard had just one chance to score as Shirley George Ellis bulled his way to the one-yard line, only to be turned back by a defender who had braced himself for the collision by placing his feet against the goal posts and then shooting his body out to make the game-saving stop...
Dowling, undaunted, then mustered his charisma and intensity to produce Yale's final touchdown with less than 11 minutes remaining in the contest. He drove his charges Hill, Marting, end Bruce Weinstein, and fullback Bob Levin, down the field in eight plays, punctuating the apparent victory with a five-yard run for the score...