Fumbles Lost 0 5

Yards Penalized 20 48

Plays 86 72

The victory was a costly one for Harvard's offensive line. Center Tom Waldstein suffered a severe knee injury and was operated on Saturday evening. It appears he will miss the rest of the season. Starting guard Skip Starck was moved to center, and Frank Veteran moved up to starting guard.

Inauspicious

Harvard got off to an inauspicious start as Foster fumbled the opening kickoff on his 30 to set up a quick Penn touchdown. Micir's pinpoint passing seemed to indicate a long day for the Crimson, but Harvard responded with an impressive drive DeMars ran six of the 13 plays and kept the crowd on its feet on his second-effort running. But Harvard had to settle for a field goal.

More great running by DeMars set up the first Harvard touchdown, a sneak by Foster up the middle. After a Penn field goal, DeMars pounded out a touchdown minutes later, and Foster ran the option into the end zone at the end of the quarter for a 24-10 lead.

"Our first TD was lucky; in the first half we were standing around looking at each other," Penn coach Bob Odell said. So in the second quarter he sent in his second offensive team, and quarterback Gary Shue promptly proceeded to throw an interception to Wait Johnson, who returned it 37 yards to set up Harvard's second score.

'Flat as Pancakes'

"We were as flat as pancakes after that loss to Princeton [22-16] last week," Odell said. "We just didn't have the emotion to win, and we had a horrible week of practice. In the half I settled them down: they had been trying too hard for a big play," he added.

The Crimson needed only two plays to score at the beginning of the third quarter: a 17-yard sweep by DeMars an a 24-yard pass from Foster to Craven in the end zone.

Micir brought Penn back into the game by completing 14 out of 26 passes. Hoffman barreled over from the two, and five minutes later, after Foster fumbled a pass from center, Micir hit Pete Luciano with a 19-yard play action pass for a touchdown. Fenton knocked down Micir's pass to Bruce Batch when Penn went for a two-point conversion.

After Foster's score at the start of the fourth quarter, Harvard's defense choked Micir with a Gary Farneti interception and two desperate leaps by Fenton with Penn receivers slightly open.

Penn's secondary had allowed only one touchdown and less than 100 yards a game in passing before coming to Cambridge, but it could only come up with one interception, and that came with the pressure off in the fourth quarter. Foster had his best passing day of the season.

"We are very happy with what Rod did," Yovicsin said. "He engineered points and handled the ball game in fine fashion. His throwing got better as he went along, which made me very happy. We're going to have to throw the ball more if we're going to win some more games," he added.