"Anytime you get a score like that near the end of the half, it hurts the other team," Kurzweil said, "and really picks you up. When you get ahead of a team like we did, your killer instinct is aroused. You want to keep them down, not let them off the hook."

Which is precisely what the Harvard defense proceeded to do. The Crimson shut the Green out in the second half. Whenever Dartmouth did threaten, Harvard came up with the big play to kill the drive. All told, there were four fumbles and four interceptions forced by Harvard, and most of them came deep inside Crimson territory, just in time to snuff out a Green scoring chance.

Harvard was having its problems offensively in the second half too, with the rain coming down harder, but did manage to add an insurance field goal in the middle of the fourth quarter.

The field goal was set up by a Kubacki sprint of 71 yards on a busted play. Kubacki originally intended to run an option to the right, but ran into a traffic jam consisting of his own players and some Dartmouth defenders in his backfield. So, apparently thinking discretion the better part of valor, he turned left, and voila, there lay the whole field, void of Dartmouth players, before him.

He turned on the jets, and outraced a couple of Big Green defenders, taking it all the way to the Dartmouth 19 before being hauled down. Harvard couldn't bring it home though, and called on kicker Mike Lynch. Lynch split the uprights with a 17 yarder, and that was the game, 24-10. Incidentally, Lynch was perfect once again on Saturday, 3 for 3 PAT's plus the field goal. Charlie Brickley, move over.

There were some people who stood out for the Crimson. Of course there was McDermott with the three TD's, and Kubacki who threw them. Then there was the twisting, spinning Winn, resembling a pinball bouncing off Green bumpers, who led all rushers with 107 yards on 19 carries.

Defensively, there was Billy Emper, who made an interception and a couple of touchdown-saving pass deflections. Adjuster George Newhouse also shone, particularly with his lightning blitz on which he blindsided the Dartmouth quarterback twice for losses.

But just as against Cornell, it was an overall, solid team effort. "I don't know if you'd call it a great game offensively," Kubacki said, "but certainly it was a great game to win. The offensive line did a solid job all game, and we got the breaks we needed. It was a good team game, with a lot of key plays rather than consistent playing."

And speaking for the defense, Kurzweil said, "I was really pleased with our performance. We shut off the run, and although they got a lot of yardage passing, it was short stuff that isn't going to hurt. When they did get close, we made the big play."

So Harvard has beaten Dartmouth for the second year in a row, and how sweet that is.

The Crimson has gotten over its annual hump. Now, alone at the top of the Ivies, Harvard is the team everybody else has to beat. The Crimson's destiny is in its own hands.