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Skillful defense confined Harvard's Rick Zimmerman to 4 completions in 17 attempts and Yale's Billy Gales to 6 out of 20, but the Crimson picked up the slack with a rushing offense led by halfbacks Don Sadoski and Ron Kram...
...Crimson took advantage of Zimmerman's only moment of passing effectiveness to score their first touchdown. Late in the first half, Sadoski intercepted a Gales pass on the Harvard 44. Zimmerman then took the team 56 yards in nine plays, chiefly by pitching to Sadoski for 11 yards, to Kram for 19, and finally seven yards to Bill Cobb, who leaped out of a ruck of Yale defenders to grab the pass and score...
...cold weather may have had something to do with the quarterbacks' ineffectiveness, but Zimmerman's own particular gremlin was Dan Begel, a Yale back who intercepted one of his passes and broke up several others. Zimmerman redeemed himself by running a number of quarterback sneaks for big gains, adding a good deal to the Crimson's total of 193 yards rushing...
...Crimson's most effective offensive weapon has been the passing of quarter-back Rick Zimmerman, chiefly to end Carter Lord. Middle linebacker Dowald Chiofaro leads an effective pass rush...
...game develops into a passing duel between Zimmerman and Gales, defense may make the difference. Princeton, it should be noted, scored 22 points against Harvard just a week before being throttled by Yale...