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...Crimson gridders (4-1, 2-1 Ivy) will head south to Princeton (2-3, 1-2 Ivy) today knowing that they will send their fourth-string quarterback against the streaking Tigers Saturday. Coach Joe Restic has received word that second-stringer Mike Buchanan's sprained ankle will definitely keep him out of the contest. QB-wide receiver Ron Cuccia may play Saturday, but his pulled hamstring did not allow him to get the necessary work for a start at quarterback. The long-term good news is that starter Brian Buckley continues to improve and may be ready for Brown next...
Kemp and wide receiver Dave Shula, the highly touted duo who had been ineffective in three straight Dartmouth losses, connected almost at will in the first half. Restic took the calculated risk of single covering Shula because of his bad start this year ("The plays that Shula made they haven't been making this year"--Restic), and the Crimson paid for the miscalculation...
...things weren't bad enough, Buchanan banged up his ankle on the third play of the next series. Preferring to leave Cuccia at split end at least temporarily, Restic called on junior Mark Marion to call signals. On Marion's first play, the Paoli, Pa., native rolled out and threw a difficult pass on the sideline--certainly a strange call for a quarterback's first varsity play. Tom Beatrice deflected it in the air and Dartmouth's Scott Hacker grabbed it and took it to the Dartmouth...
Kemp led another drive for a field goal, and Marion couldn't move Harvard, so Restic knew he would have to make a change if his team were to have any chance of making up the difference...
...Restic called on Cuccia to take over as quarterback, and the Southern Californian came up with the best performance of the afternoon for the beleaguered Crimson...