The next ten minutes and six sequences of the game were a repeat of the first period defensive duel until Princeton wingback Bill Agnew took a deep reverse hand-off on his 20 and was buried under an avalanche of snowy-jersied Crimson tacklers, who jarred loose the ball so that Moigs could recover on the eight.
After Gianelly picked up three yards on first down, reserve tailback Bing Crosby headed off tackle and reached the two before the ball was knocked out of his arms into the end zone and finally recovered by Cochran for a touchdown. End Joe Ross, who had led the line charge on Agnew, booted the extra point giving the varsity its 7-6 half-time lead.
Agnew was not the only victim, for the Crimson gang tackled all afternoon. It was as if Line Coach Schmitt, End Coach Joe Maras, and Backfled Coach Josh Williams had a bet to see which could produce the most tackles. Fortunately for Harvard, and unfortunately for Princeton, the bet came out a draw.
Jordan's three assistants deserve much of the credit for the team's showing in the second half. Their conditioning program and acute scouting analyses helped the team outplay the Tigers when it needed to most.
After finally halting Princeton on its 14, the varsity staged a lightning eight-play offensive drive to clinch the game at 8:31 of the third quarter. Fyock opened it up with the team's only two pass completions out of 13 attempts during the afternoon.
And then from his own 45, the senior tailback cut off tackle down to the Tiger 35 before lateralling off to Gianelly, who tore down the sidelines for another ten yards. On the very next play, the tail-wing series worked to perfection as Cowles sped around the Princeton weak side for the final 25 yards. Frate's conversion put the varsity an impressive eight points to the good, 14 to 6.
It looked less impressive, however, early in the fourth quarter when Jack Kraus intercepted the pass which should never have been thrown on the Harvard 35 and carried to the 15. After gaining a first down on the four, four downs later, the Tigers picked up two yards on two attempts through the line.
But on third down, tailback Sid Pinch, a converted wingback, faded to pass and was smothered on the 13 by Meigs and Morrison. Not caring to try the Crimson line again, Martin angled a successful field goal at 4:46. The ball was set down on the 21. The boot put the Tigers only a touchdown away from victory, but they never again entered Harvard territory.
The win brought the Crimson varsity football teams a nice even total of 500 victories since the sport was taken up in 1874, but 502 would be even nicer. During the same period, the College lost only 173 games while tying 37 others.