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...other Harvard players were honored last night at the annual football banquet in Boston's Harvard Club. Quarterback Ric Boston's Ric Zimmerman, who played the best game of his career three days ago, was given the Crocker Award for most Valuable Player. The recipient of the award is determined by a team vote...
Their coaches blame this year's scores on the Ivy League's quarterbacks-particularly on their passing skills. Yale's Brian Dowling has 31 completions in 79 attempts for seven touchdowns in five games; Harvard's Ric Zimmerman already has eleven TD passes to his credit compared with seven all last year. Then there is a general inconsistency to contend with. Says Princeton's Coach Dick Colman: "With no spring practice and other things on their minds, our players don't have time to be letter-perfect. On any given day, anything can happen...
Starting from their own 35, Hornblower and Gatto alternated carries to move the ball to the Brown 45. Then Zimmerman found the agile Lord open at the Brown 23, where Bruin Joe Petrucelli made the stop...
Gatto and Zimmerman moved the ball to the 13 where rarely-used fullback junior Ken O'Connell dove for the first down. Hornblower ground for six yards on two carries and then Zimmerman added to his Harvard career touchdown passes record by hitting Lord on a quick look...
Late in the period, a 37 yard pass from Zimmerman to Lord set up the Hornblower score which sent Harvard off the field at the half with a 7-0 lead...