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...Harvard to have the ball deep in its own territory is usually less desirable than for Harvard to have the opposition in the same straits. The object of the punt, therefore, is to force the opponent into a bad position on the field...
After the disastrous punt, a clipping penalty pushed the ball back to the Harvard two-yard line. Gahan of Harvard punted the ball out to the Harvard forty, where the Indians took over. A Massachusetts drive ended on the 28 with an unsuccessful field goal attempt. The Crimson got the ball on its own 20, eighty yards away from the last white line...
...fourth quarter opened, Harvard had moved the ball from the twenty to its own 48, where the drive sputtered. A punt travelled a soant twenty yards to the Mass 30. After a series of offensive exchanges, Harvard found itself on its own forty with less than two minutes remaining. As it turned out, two minutes were not enough...
Many spot explanations can be given for Harvard's failure to score in the second half--a dropped pass here or a bad play there. But the overall picture given by the play charts shows that the Massachusetts punt early in the third quarter confined activity for the rest of the game between the 30-yard lines. Harvard gained good yardage between these two points, but to no avail...
...punting, although important, cannot win or lose a game. To say that Vandersea's punt sealed the fate of the contest Saturday is too much like Marxist mono-causalism; it is saying too much. A single dropped pass could have made the difference...