Strung Out

St. John strung together another series of completions using the sidelines effectively as the first half wound down and brought Harvard to the enemy 21. But a six-yd. loss on a rollout pass to Beatrice brought in Dave Cody for a 44-yd. field goal try with five seconds left. Cody's kick into the swirling wind fell short as time expired.

The offense avoided calamity as it opened the second half with a touchdown to take the lead. Beatrice lugged the ball from the 36 up close to midfield on a 12-yd. halfback option. Jon Hollingsworth (who had a fine second half) then ripped off a 21-yd. burst to put the Crimson at the 31.

Three plays later, St. John hit the elusive Richie Horner (8 catches for 119 yards on the day) at the 15. A quarterback sack was mercifully nullified by a Tiger offsides call to set up a second and five at the ten. After a quick first down, Paul Scheper scampered over from the three for the only Harvard lead of the day.

Relapse

Harvard's offensive malaise returned quickly, however. The Crimson moved the ball from its own 22 down to the Tiger 28 before a two-yd. loss, a seven-yd. sack and a holding penalty took away the opportunity for a score.

A fumble stymied the next Harvard series, but the Crimson drove down the field again as the fourth quarter opened with St. John mixing runs and passes to Horner effectively. But on fourth and five, Cody's 43-yd. field goal attempt hit the crossbar and bounded back into the endzone.

The Crimson did not threaten again and the afternoon climaxed in a miserable series with 1:30 remaining when the Tiger blitz resulted in three incomplete passes, and a sack.

Seasoning

Princeton was relentless in its offensive pressure, peppering the Crimson secondary with passes most of the way through the fourth quarter. "We couldn't hold the ball against Harvard," Navarro said. "That's how much we respected Harvard's offense with Burke St. John in there. We didn't find out until late in the game how we could stop their passing with the blitz."