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...second miracle for Lehigh, misery for Harvard, came three minutes later at 13 minutes of the final quarter when Crimson halfback Tom Boone dropped back in punt formation on fourth down. The ball was on the Harvard 45 yard line when it was centered, a short time later it was in the end zone smothered by Lehigh center Charlie Craze...
...A.F.L. these retreads looked like champions: Dorow passed for 26 touchdowns, Tripucka for 24 and Kemp for 20. Though their success was largely because of ill-organized A.F.L. defenses, the result was some exciting and improbable football. One week New York lost a game on a blocked punt in the final seconds; the next week New York won on the very same play. On another occasion, with his team trailing 38-7, a blizzard howling, and only 20 minutes left on the clock, Tripucka led Denver to four touchdowns and a 38-38 tie. Teams traded touchdowns with such fervor...
Connie Shimer scored on a fifteen-yard pass from Bill Leckonby, following a 40-yard punt return by Henry Higdon...
Yale won the toss, and chose to kick with the wind at its back. The choice paid off within three minutes, as the Crimson was forced to punt and Bruce McIntyre's weak kick, held up by the wind, traveled only six yards. On the Elis first play from scrimmage, quarterback Tom Singleton faked to fullback Bob Blanchard and handed to halfback Ken Wolfe, who went 41 yards for a touchdown behind blocks from Mike Pyle, Ben Balme, and John Hutcherson...
Following a Yale score midway through the second half, the equally impotent line and backfield both seemed to come to life. Francis Martin recovered a blocked punt for a safety at 8:40 of the third quarter, and three minutes later Iumenuk hit end Tom Stephenson on a 25 yard pass play, for a touchdown. Brad Stephens' conversion made...