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Quarterback Bill Gundy of the Indians circled left end for six points early in the second quarter, and he threw to Burke in the end zone for two more. The game seemed to be going just about as predicted. But Crimson halfback Chet Boulris returned the second-half kickoff to his own 43, and from there quarterback Charlie Ravenel led a 57-yard touch-down march. Ravenel himself went over from the one-yard line on a fourth down play. The spectators in the stands anxiously awaited the Dartmouth counter-attack...
With ten minutes gone in the fourth quarter, however, varsity end Hank Keohane intercepted a Dartmouth pass on the Green 16, and three plays later Boulris bulled over from the five for the Crimson's winning score. The varsity's triple-threat halfback added the two points, and Harvard had only to hold off the Indians for 4:20 to clinch its most exciting win in many years. Coach John Yovicsin got a free ride to the locker room after the game...
Late in the first overtime, varsity inside John Mudd launched a hard shot that looked like the Crimson's winning goal. At the last possible instant, however, little Tony Gebauer, a 5 ft., 6 in. halfback, blocked the ball with his head, stunning himself but ending the varsity's last serious threat...
With 12,000 fans loudly voicing their fear of another upset, the Crimson finally revived. Halfback Larry Repsher gathered in the kickoff, scampered up the sidelines to the 40 yard line, and set off a scoring drive which put the game happily out of reach. Charlie Ravenel accounted for the last 12 yards with an electrifying sprint off left tackle...
...much talked about muddle huddle seemed to confuse no one but the Lions themselves, as the Crimson defensive platoon mockingly tried to steal Vasell's signals. The one time Columbia ran from the split offense, halfback Russ Warren took a pitchout from Vasell and was stopped cold on the line of scrimmage...