Continuing the afternoon-long pattern of Q-miscues deep in the opposing zone, on the Q-manoids' next possession Michalowski picked off an errant pass at the goal line. Quincy got the ball right back on the Calhoun 28, thanks to a fumble.
A couple of nice Hatamiya aerials, including a screen to Nichols which resulted in a nimble 20 yard scoring dance, quickly put Quincy ahead to stay, 12-6.
To cap the world championship season, Hatamiya hit O'Keefe again, this time on a perfect 30-yard home run scoring bomb.
"We're untied, unbeaten, and unreal," said defensive standout Chris Dilworth. Noseguard Paul Rozak echoed his sentiments, declaring, "This is the beginning of a new era. Quincy is going to be the new jock house of Harvard."
In other tackle football action, Brad Lown plunged over the endline and Mike Ryan connected with split end Bruce Herzfelder for the Kirkland touchdowns in K-House's 14-0 blanking of Timothy Dwight-Stillman. From the sidelines, Coach Haywood Miller said, "Everyone was psyched for Yale. They were undermanned but sucked it up well."
After Rick Gallito powered off tackle to give South a 7-0 lead, Joe Auteri and tight end Jake Cheney exchanged roles on a flea-flicker in the second half. Auteri handed off to Cheney on an apparent end-around, but the talented pass receiver faded back and lofted a 25 yd. touchdown toss to the wide open Auteri.
Too Dull
Currier needed only a 55 yd. touchdown completion from Jon Ealy to Keith Woods to dump Stiles-Morse 6-0. And as the sun set on this season's House football action, John Marston, Aaron Dean, and Wayne McDuffy scored touchdowns in Winthrop-Leverett's 19-0 sinking of Davenport-Pierson.
In men's soccer competition, Mather House, led by Marco Elser's pair of goals and an impermeable defense, defeated Pearson College, 2-1, in the championship match. After the game, Else said, "We're looking forward to a Mather dynasty." Harvard registered seven victories in the nine soccer contests.
Season in a Season
Jenny White tallied the only goal of the entire soccer event (Kirkland won by default and Lowell battled Jonathan Edwards to a scoreless deadlock in the other games) to power Quincy over Davenport-Pierce, 1-0, in the battle of champions. The Q-women dragged coach Dave Jackson through the mud to celebrate the triumph.
The Bulldogs, unaccustomed to Harvard's no-lineman rule, fared no better in men's and co-ed touch football. The Eliot 26-14 drubbing of Stillman led the Harvard teams to four wins against one loss by forfeit in men's touch. Stillman redeemed itself in co-ed touch, copping a freebie from Quincy which defaulted.