Buckley seemed a touch tentative in the first half despite his impressive stats, 8 for 12 for 79 yards. He moved cautiously behind the line and didn't try to go long, evidence that the three weeks off with a knee injury had taken its toll. So coach Joe Restic decided to shift the burden to Connors, who carried the ball ten times for 29 yards, a less impressive pace than at Princeton, where he collected 86 yards. Surprisingly, fullback Jim Callinan, outstanding in his 100-yd. rushing performance last week, carried the ball only three times for a total of 24 yards.

With the three Brown turnovers--all in Bruin territory--Harvard could have blown the game open, but any show of offense was satisfying to the recently point-starved Crimson.

Brown came out smoking at the start of the second half. Carbone moved his team down the field smartly after the kickoff, using the short pass effectively.

He hit tight end Steve Jordan on a 26-yd. sideline pattern for a first down at the Harvard 11. The drive stalled and Granfors came in for a 28-yd. field goal attempt. His line drive kick banged flush into the crossbar, bounced straight up in the air, and landed directly in front. No good.

But the 10-3 lead soon disappeared. A Connors fumble gave Brown the ball at the Harvard 19. The defense pushed the Bruins back to the 25 put a crucial pass interference call against cornerback Pete Coppinger on third-and-16 gave Brown a first down at the eight. One play later, halfback Steve Curtin lugged it over for a tie score.

Despite a Mike Jacob's interception on the first play of the fourth quarter, the Harvard offense stalled. But Steve Flach's punt was down at the Bruin eight and Brown had to punt out of its own endzone.

Then Buckley calmly led an eight-play scoring drive. Big runs by Beatrice, Callinan and a 24-yd beauty by Jim Acheson set up the pass at the 13. Buckley found Beatrice on a screen to the right side and the rugged senior bulled past three tacklers and into the endzone for a 17-10 Harvard lead.