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...with 7:38 remaining in the first quarter. Harvard had lurched, groped and stumbled to a 14-0 deficit at Franklin Field. The first time the Crimson gridders had the ball, quarterback Brian Buckley threw an interception; the second time, halfback Paul Connors fumbled; and the third time, Steve Flach nudged a punt 27 yds. to the Harvard 47 yd. line. It wasn't panic; call it sleep...
Harvard took the opening kickoff, and on its third play from scrimmage, Buckley overthrew a wide-open Connors over the middle, and Penn's Mike Murphy intercepted at the Quaker...
Calm and restrained, Buckley then led a 12-play, 80 yd. 5:15 drive that brought Harvard to within a touchdown. He ran eight straight running plays--three to Jim Acheson (Connors' replacement), two to Tom Beatrice and two to Jim Callinan--methodically moving the Crimson to the Penn 35. A screen pass to Acheson picked up 17 more and with 1:51 left in this cathartic quarter. Buckley hit Callinan in the right-hand corner of the endzone for a 13-yd. scoring strike...
...Crimson defense--playing its most bedraggled ball of the season--allowed a 29 yd. Penn field goal on the Quakers' next drive. Now down 17-7, Buckley took the gridders 76 yds. again in 12 plays. Callinan ran the ball three times for a total of 25 yds. on the march, Beatrice five times for 27. Connors put it over from the five with 4:23 to go in the half, and Harvard was down...
HARVARD 35, PENN 10: Harvard hasn't lost to Penn since 1972, and they probably won't today. But the gridders might if quarterback Brian Buckley can throw five interceptions like he did last week. Harvard captain Chuck Durst and linebacker Brad Stinn will be testing injuries suffered last week. They can't lose to Penn, can they...