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Certain to be elected Coach of the Year in New England, Yovicsin can sit down with pride and look back on this year's Cinderella team, which came from nowhere and finished with a 0-1 Inal Ivy record to tie for the championship with Columbia...
...August, when nobody expected the Crimson to finish higher than sixth, Yovicsin had very little to say for the varsity. "We have problems, but we have hope," he told the press noncommittally...
...Columbia game left everyone with the feeling that the gloomy pre-season predictions would be right. A few nasty letters from irate alumni trickled into the CRIMSON and into Yovicsin's office, and many observers sat back in anticipation of one of Harvard's worst seasons in years...
...just at that time when Yovicsin became encouraged. "The turning point of this season came at halftime in the Columbia game," he declares. "We were beaten in the first half of that game. In the second half, we played good, consistent football and made very few mistakes. We proved that we could play with the best...
...halftime Yovicsin had told the team to "forget about the score. Don't think ahead of the next play; just concentrate on doing your assignments well. Don't make any mistakes; take pride in your personal performance and your team's performance. We have worked too hard too long to be playing like this. All of our hard work is being wasted...