Word: goal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Harvard received the opening kickoff and in seven plays moved 60 yards to a first down on the Penn 10-yard line. But a desperate Quaker line dropped halfback Ray Hornblower on a second-and-six play and stocked up fullback. Tom Miller on the goal line to take over on downs. It was the first of a discouraging series of stalled Harvard drives, and foreshadowed the second consecutive game in which the Crimson has failed to put together a drive for a touchdown...
...decimated Penn offense failed to gain a first down, and a 19-yard punt gave. Harvard possession on the Quaker 40. In eight plays. Smith moved the Crimson to the Penn goal, but a holding penalty and an inadequate sweep brought in placekicker Richie Szaro for a 22-yard field goal...
...coach John Yovicsin went to Szaro, and his 24-yard field goal put Harvard ahead 13-6 at halftime...
...interception on the Penn 30 stalled a 40-yard drive. A missed field goal ended another march on the 30 once again. The third march brought the Crimson from midfield to the Penn goal in seven plays, and three times Smith sent backs into the line from the one-foot line without success...
...Hornblower tried the first time, and was stacked up. The second time he was apparently across the goal, but the referees disagreed. On the third attempt Harrison had sufficient daylight on the left side, but lost his footing on the Astroturf surface, and fell two yards short...