Stoeckel threw the last of his three interceptions, and Princeton converted the mistake into the final touchdown with five minutes left. Restic sent in Eric Crone at quarterback in the last few minutes, but to no avail. Crone threw two interceptions in four attempts.
Both the Crimson and Tiger defenses responded well to recurring back-to-the wall situations set up by the offensive errors. Harvard was not only unable to pass against the Princeton defense: the Crimson picked up only 44 net yards in 43 rushing attempts.
The Crimson line failed to provide Stoeckel with a pocket all afternoon. The Tiger defense dropped the Crimson quarterback seven times for a total of 50 yards in losses.
If there was a bright spot Saturday afternoon for the Crimson, it was the performance of the defensive secondary, which came up with two interceptions and held Tiger quarterback Jim Flynn to under 100 passing yards.
Stoeckel's interceptions and general inability to move the Crimson renewed Restic's quarterback problems.
Now, going into the final two games of the season against Brown and Yale Restic must once again choose between his four signal-calling candidates--Crone, Stoeckel, Foster and Frank Guerra. Saturday's Schedule Harvard at Brown Cornell at Dartmouth Yale at Princeton Penn at Columbia