Freshmen Topple Yale in Football, Soccer

Offensive tackle Dick Berne stood on the sideline, muttering "If we don't hold them, I'll go out there and hit everyone in sight."

Harvard's defense held on fourth and one and the Crimson freshmen clinched their sweetest victory of the season, 15-14, over Yale.

The Crimson reversed a 14-7 deficit on a fourth quarter 45-yard drive against the clock. The big play was a third-and-15 pass from Dave Smith to Ray Hornblower for 21 yards. Later in the march, Neil Hurley barreled for the few inches needed for first and goal at the six.

Jim Reynolds, in a quarterback, handed to Ray Hornblower who drove to his left. Tripped at the five, Hornblower dove forward, straining and gyrating for an extra yard. He slammed the turf at the two, but Harvard was offside, and was pushed back to the seven.

Two plays later, Reynolds rolled right and tossed a soft pass toward Hornblower. Ray turned and took it at the goal, and stepped in, making it 14-13 Yale. The big crowd knew Coach Henry Lamar would go for the two. This was, after all, Yale. Reynolds took the snap, stepped back, and fired a bullet groundward. It didn't look like much of a pass from the sidelines, but Hornblower was there on his back to take it, and Harvard had the win.

For once, missed extra points worked for the Crimson, instead of against. Yale's barefoot soccer-style kicker, Bill Rothschild, missed the conversion of Yale's second TD.

Potential Loss

Had Harvard not made those last two points, this might have been one of the most frustrating losses of all time. The Crimson offense continually drove at will, until it came close to the goal. The red flag dropped on what seemed to be half of Harvard's plays, breaking the spirit of the linemen, specially.

Harvard scored the first time it got the ball. Defensive back Greg Kundrat recovered a fumble at the Eli 32. Dave Smith tossed a 23-yard pass to Hurley On the next play, Hurley carried in from the 9 for a 7-0 lead.

Blue Bomb

The lead held until the third quarter. Eli quarterback Dave Henley, wasn't moving well in short spurts, so he went to the 20-megaton pass. Henley hit Earl Downing for a 53 yard TD. The quarterback carried around the left for the two point conversion.

Henley padded the led on a nine-yard rollout early in the final quarter. The barefoot boot was wide.