The Crimson's second touchdown had come in the second quarter, following a quick kick by Rex from his own four-yard line to Harvard's 40. Botsford ran it back to the Harvard 49. In 11 plays the varsity covered 51 yards, all on the ground and largely with the running of Botsford and Eikenberry. A pitch-out from Simourian, who replaced Botsford, to Stahura was the scoring play.
During the final two periods, the Crimson's backfield usually had Jim Bell at fullback, Jim Damis and Jim Joslin at the halves, and Simourian at quarterback. Although Botsford could play, Simourian had the speed which the Crimson needed for its running attack.
Two breaks actually set up the final Crimson scores. In the third period, Botsford's interception of a Brown pass at midfield led to a touchdown seven plays later, with Damis bouncing off three Big Green tacklers to score off right tackle.
In the fourth quarter, a seven-yard punt by Big Green substitute fullback Dave Pratt gave the Crimson control of the ball on the Dartmouth 25-yard line.
The resulting touchdown nine plays later--scored by Simourian on his favorite play, the quarterback keep--seemed merely to ice the Crimson victory. But Brown's passing led to another Dartmouth score a minute later. The play, coming as it did at the end of the game, was reminiscent of Claude Benham's spectacular efforts for Columbia last week, with one difference. This week, the Crimson had a two-touchdown, rather than a one-point, lead.
It came as no surprise to anyone that Dartmouth's final kick-off, with only 22 seconds left in the game, was a short, onside kick. Rex had tried the same thing at the opening of the second half, and it had worked. At that time, Rex short-kicked to the left, and the ball was recovered by Moss. Both teams were offside, however, and so Rex had to kick again. It was exactly the same story, except that the time left halfback Jim Mueller recovered for the Big Green.
But at the end of the game, this play didn't quite work. Crimson right end Bob Cathcart fell on the ball, leaving the Crimson in control for the final seconds.