Word: fields
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...they say around Dillon Field House and 60 Boylston St., the season began and ended on Saturday morning when the Crimson met Yale at the Business School Field...
After The Game, Crimson captain Chuck Durst limped slowly to the trainer's room, injured left leg bandaged heavily. The awkward silence in Dillon Field House said it all--there was nothing to say, Harvard had fallen to Yale, 14-0, to finish in a four-way tie for third-place in the Ivy League...
...back, however, that the Yale defense downed him in his own end zone for a safety. What's worse, time hadn't elapsed, and the Crimson was forced to punt the ball from its own 20, giving Yale one last chance. Fortunately, a horde of excited Cantabrigians stormed the field, ending the contest a bit prematurely but giving Harvard a 14-12 victory. Unfortunately, "End Zone" Crone became a folk legend, and the question of the day [and many days to come] was "Just what was Crone doing in the end zone, anyway?" Nobody remembers his stellar performance...
...Harvard, 16-14, in the waning moments of gray November day. The ball rests on the Yale one-yard line, and Harvard quarterback Milt Holt of Honolulu, Hawaii, hunches over his center, calling the signals. The scoreboard clock shows 15 seconds remaining, and the 40,000 fans jamming Soldiers Field to capacity fall silent. Holt is about to run the option play--a sprint to the left side of the field which will offer him two alternatives. The first is to find an open receiver and try to throw him a touchdown pass. The second is to fake the pass...
...describes the 10-7 conquest of Yale as "not that good a game." "Our defense kept us in it," Kubacki recalls. "But that final drive that led to the [Mike Lynch's last-minute] field goal was the best I ever called. I guess it was pretty exciting...