Harvard's football team rolled out of a post-Dartmouth depression and over a surprised Penn team, 38-23, at Harvard Stadium Saturday to raise its season record to four wins and two losses.

A crowd of only 12,000 watched Yovicsin achieve his 75th victory as a Harvard coach and saw Richie Szaro score eight points to pass the fabled Charlie Brickley as Harvard's leading kick-scorer.

"It was a must game for me," sophomore Rod Foster said, referring to his battle with Eric Crone for the quarterback job. Foster passed for 117 yards, ran for 33 more, averaged 40.6 yards a punt, and scored three times.

Ted DeMars, starting in the Harvard backfield for the first time, added some dependability to the attack. "We put Teddy in there to give us more blocking," coach John Yovicsin said. Not only did DeMars do that, but he averaged 5.8 yards a carry for 139 yards and resurrected Harvard's sweep.

Penn's flashy quarterback Pancho Micir, entering the game as the leading Ivy League passer, threw for 188 yards, but rarely came through when the pressure was on. Harvard's aggressive secondary stifled the Quaker air attack as it came up with five interceptions, and safety Brad Fenton knocked down two sure touchdown passes in the fourth quarter to complete a standout performance.

Quick TD

After a quick Penn touchdown following a fumble by Foster, a tough Harvard defense allowed the Quakers only 60 yards of offense. Meanwhile, Foster was directing the Crimson attack to 24 points and 211 yards behind the running of DeMars.

The second half was a different story. A Foster-to-Bill Craven pass at 2:03 of the second quarter put the score at 31-10 to virtually assure the victory. With the pressure off the Harvard defense, the fired-up Penn offense, ran 53 plays to 29 for Harvard in the second half.

Short passes by Micir and good running by halfback Bob Hoffman brought the score to 31-23 before the Harvard defense tightened in the fourth quarter.

Statistics

Penn Harvard

First downs 21 19

Rushing Yardage 124 265

Passing Yardage 188 117

Return Yardage 14 75

Passes 18-41-5 12-21-1

Punts 7-30 5-41