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With the Big Green ahead, 10-7, and facing a fourth and seven on the Harvard 35, Dartmouth coach Joe Yukica elected to keep the ball and run down the clock. Harvard cornerback Matt Foley pinned runningback Jeff DuFresne for a four-yd. loss on the play, and Harvard had the ball with 20 seconds and 61 yards...
Horner, who had eight catches for 93 yards and a touchdown Saturday, grabbed St. John's second toss at the Dartmouth 30, where he was knocked out of bounds with 9 seconds showing. Then Tom Beatrice snared the third St. John pass at the 25-yd. line and ran out of bounds at the Dartmouth 21. With five seconds in the game. Harvard coach Joe Restic elected to try a field goal--a38-yd. attempt into the swirling wind in the closed end of the stadium...
...incomplete pass to Connors brought out Cody for a 33-yd. try; but his kick went wide right, and the ecstasy crashed without a climax...
...John went to work, finally hitting Rich Horner on a play-action pass from the nine-yd. line for a score. Cody's kick knotted the game at 7-7, just 1:17 into the final period...
Much of the credit for the Green's offensive meltdown rests with a feverish Bulldog defense which is emerging as a dominant force. A 38-yd. punt return by Mke Sullivan set up the contest's only points, a 24-yd. Dave Schwartz field goal late in the first half...