Brown then went on to score its second TD of the quarter behind the running of workhorse Marty Moran, who gained 120 yards in 25 carries to lead all rushers.

Moran, who bounces and rolls off tacklers as if he were a sailor walking down a church aisle after three years at sea, ran 25 yards for the touchdown. Barrows's point-after went wide, so the Bruins now led 16-7.

Snapping Back

The Crimson's momentum was on the ebb, but with 4:45 left in the quarter, the tide turned. Brown went into punt formation at its own 19-yd. line, but All-Ivy center Mike Knight's snap sailed over punter Larry Carbone's head and out of the endzone for a safety.

Trailing by just seven points, the Crimson eleven embarked on one of the most tempestuous 15-minute spans of football ever witnessed in the Ivy League. The fourth quarter was a jewel box of a game, studded with rare and precious offensive gems.

Harvard tied it up at 16-apiece only 32 seconds into the final period. The key play of the drive was a 30-yd. Larry Brown rainbow to Polillio streaking down the left sideline.

Polillio was shoved out of bounds eight yards from the endzone, but Brown eventually took it over himself on a keeper from one yard out. With signal-caller Brown running the offense with the precision of a Swiss watchmaker, the Crimson swarmed back into the lead for the first time since the opening half.

Polillio slithered up the middle for an 11-yd. gain on a draw play to bring the ball to the Brown 40. Three running plays later, Harvard had moved down to the 26. From there Brown threw a dart to Dave Kinney at the eight--Kinney got clobbered on the play, but held on to the football.

The touchdown came on the very next play when Polillio shirked a block at the line, slid into the left flat, and made a shoestring catch before waltzing in for the six.

Right Back

The Bruins responded by unleashing a drive of their own to tie the game at 23-all. Both teams were now playing wide-open, end-to-end football which neither defense could contain. The Brown score came six minutes into the period, with Moran bucking over the middle from three yards out for his second touchdown run.

Harvard then took the kick-off and began to weave downfield for its third straight scoring series. Polillio seemed transformed into a whirling dervish as the darkness descended. He scored his second touchdown of the quarter on a 28-yd. run, breaking a tackle at the line, cutting to the outside, and then blazing down the right sideline.

The Bruins took possession trailing 30-23 and proceeded to wend their way 68 yards for the final score of the game. Whipple completed a pass at Harvard's 13 to Marty DeFrancesco, who ran inside the 10 with 4:11 left in the game. Two plays later, Whipple went to the air again and found Frank Boucher open in the endzone.

So the whole game now hung in the balance, and with it teetered the seasons of the two teams. Brown decided to try for the victory and made the two-point conversion to go ahead 31-30, but it was a gamble that could have cost the Bruins (now 4-1 in league play) the Ivy title if it failed.

The Crimson steadfastly refused to relent and began a final procession down the field from the 20-yd. line.