Everything is under control.

It's early in the fourth quarter. Just minutes ago, Harvard's spectacular end Pat McInally snared his record-setting third touchdown pass of the game, sending the Crimson in front, 21-17.

Now, on the first play of the final quarter, Harvard linebacker Eric Kurzweil has delivered the back-breaker. The Crimson defensive standout has intercepted a pass at the Rutgers 43-yard line, and returned it to the 39.

As the Harvard offensive unit comes on the field, there is little doubt. In a few minutes, the Crimson lead will be increased to 11 points. At worst, it will be bolstered to seven. Harvard will then pull away, capturing its second win of the season against no losses.

Not Harvard's Day

Unfortunately for coach Joe Restic and his football players, that is not exactly the way things turned out. In fact, the outcome could not have been worse.

About eight minutes later at the other end of the field, Rutgers quarterback Bert Kosup punched over a one-yard touchdown, completing the game scoring and making the Scarlet Knights 24-21 victors.

In a game that seemed to be dominated by the Crimson offense and defense from start to near-finish, that saw a few Harvard records rewritten, the final score came as quite a shock to many people.

Harvard created the first big break of the game with about four minutes gone in the initial quarter. A furious rush on Rutgers punter Steve Simek resulted in a blocked kick, putting the Crimson in business on the Knights two-yard line. John Friar was the man who stuffed the kick, and Paul Hartnett fell on it.

A missed handoff between Crimson quarterback Milt Holt and sophomore running back Tom Winn, however, turned into a lost fumble which snuffed out the early scoring attempt.

Following a correctly executed kick by Rutgers after three unsuccessful plays inside their own five-yard line, Harvard took over at midfield and marched 52 yards in ten plays, moving in front 7-0.

McInally highlighted the drive with three catches, the last of which was good for seven yards and the touchdown. Mac nabbed seven passes in the game, six in the first half, breaking a long-standing Crimson record on the way.

The Irrepressible McInally

McInally's three touchdown catches in one game established a new mark for Harvard football, while his sixth reception of the contest, coming at the close of the first half, made him the second man in Crimson history to exceed 1,000-yards worth of catches.

A weak McInally punt in the first quarter, however, covering only 20 yards after a bad snap from center, set Rutgers up for its first score of the game.