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After a frustrating first half, coach Yovicsin started experimenting. He alternated his halfbacks and allowed quarterback Ric Zimmerman to open up the attack. Zimmerman began the second half with a pass to Carter Lord at the Crimson 38. Gatto burst eight yards for a first down at the 46, but two Zimmerman passes went awry, and punter Paul Saba got the call...
...Zimmerman threw to Lord at the 22, then to Joe Cook at the 15. On another fourth down situation, he hit Gus Crim at the Dartmouth 8. Gatto carried to the 5, and then Hornblower knifed in on a sweep for Harvard's score. Tom Wynne converted and Dartmouth's lead was 20-7 with 13 minutes remaining...
...Zimmerman immediately got Harvard launched on a drive of its own. A spectacular catch by Will Stargel on a 36-yard wobbly pass from Gatto put the ball on the Dartmouth 22. On the next play, however, Stargel fumbled Zimmerman's handoff, Dartmouth recovered, and the march was over...
When a football game is decided by missed extra points it is often not clear which is the superior team, and Saturday's 14-12 victory over Cornell left a maximum number of "its" floating around. Crimson quarterback Ric Zimmerman is not the only one who thinks Harvard might have busted the game wide open if it had scored a touchdown in the second period, as it came within two yards of doing. For Ithacans, the "might-have-beens" start with the two missed extra points and then dwell on a bad break which upset Cornell's three fourth-down...
This rosy state of the line does not mean Harvard can just walk over anyone: the Cornell and Dartmonth defenses are also far superior to the ones they had last season. But it does mean Zimmerman has fewer weak links and thus more alternatives to use. He won't shed any tears about the dearth of ball control as long as the scores run high, and that may continue for a long time...