Word: handoff
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Zimmerman immediately got Harvard launched on a drive of its own. A spectacular catch by Will Stargel on a 36-yard wobbly pass from Gatto put the ball on the Dartmouth 22. On the next play, however, Stargel fumbled Zimmerman's handoff, Dartmouth recovered, and the march was over...
Harvard's only score came early in the third period. After taking a punt on their own 43. Yardling fullback Tom Miller carried the ball eight yards to the Holy-Cross 49. From there, Szaro took a handoff from quarterback Larry Centulo and followed good blocking 49 yards for a Crimson score...
Harvard had to run only one play from scrimmage to build up a 14-0 lead. The Crimson first got the ball on the Brown 37 after the Bruins could not move. Quarterback Dave Smith faked a handoff, causing the defense to hesitate an instant. Ray Hornblower was all alone on a straight pattern to take an easy TD pass...
Then, after being bottled up by a blitzing Tiger defense for most of the first quarter, the Crimson came storming back. With third and long yardage, halfback Ken O'Connell -- playing with a badly injured back -- took a handoff and sped around left end. He turned the corner and outran the Princeton secondary for a thrilling-88-yard touchdown sprint...
Winthrop, which finished second in the Harvard league, almost held on long enough to beat Ezra Stiles, but finally fell, 12-7. The Puritans scored first on their pet play of the day: halfback Pat Conaway took a handoff from quarterback Mitch Sikora and passed back to Sikora who had broken downfield and covered 60 yards for the score. Al Liebgott kicked the extra point, which loomed decisive when Stile's two-point conversion try failed after its third-quarter touchdown...