The Crimson--as it has in the past against Army--took the cue and responded with some bruising of its own.

The two teams set the tone early--six penalties in the first 1:32--and kept up the lumbering pace throughout the game. In fact, the sordid affair ended the way it began: in complete chaos.

With 2:42 left in the game, Union forward Rick Clifford beat Chuckie Hughes on the left to bring the Dutchmen within one. Then all hell broke loose.

Go, Fight, Win

After the goal, several Union players began taunting the Harvard bench. What happened afterwards is a little muddled. The two teams scuffled in front of the Crimson bench--a few pushed each other, others just shouted. The referees broke up the melee, mysteriously nailing only Crimson forward Michel Breistroff with a 10-minute misconduct.

As the Union crowd erupted and the referees sorted out the mess with Harvard Captain Kevin Sneddon, Union forward Tim Cregan and Harvard forward Jim Coady began a shoving match at the Harvard blue line.

The fans exploded, and the referres raced to separate the two. Both Cregan and Coady were ejected with 10-minute majors.