As the New York score of 17-7 (Columbia over Brown) was announced, Yale took over at the Harvard 42 and Pagliaro barged through the line on successive runs to bring the ball to the ten.
With a third and one at the six, Southworth took a quick handoff from Rizzo and found clear sailing into the endzone. At 8:34 of the third quarter the score was tied and Brown was losing.
Four minutes later, Kubacki gave Pagliaro and company another when he dropped the snap from center and watched Yale's Keith Bassi latch onto it.
The Elis made it stick when, after two Pagliaro runs, Rizzo speared Spagnola with a 16-yard strike over the middle, carrying Yale to the Harvard two.
A Pagliaro slip on second down sent the ball back to the five, but on the next play the Eli sensation swept right end for the touchdown at 14:32.
Randy Carter's conversion made it 14-7, and the Elis appeared on their way to at least a share of the Ivy League championship.
With 15 minutes remaining in the season, Harvard began at its own 27 and gave signs of things to come. Two unsuccessful runs were followed by a wild Kubacki aerial that overshot Chris Doherty by ten yards and a Scott Coolidge squip set the Elis up at their own 42.
Yale's offense began to push the Crimson around, and a reverse to Pagliaro which gained 26 yards moved the Elis back into striking position.
A reverse to halfback John Hatem put them on the 12. And two plays later, at 2:52, Southworth bucked over for the score. The second half was a rout.
Following the Yale score, Harvard's offense embarked on its frustrating ways once again, and thoughts of records, not championships, began to circulate around the Harvard side of the field.
Kubacki managed to hook up with Bob McDermott, who tied the record for lifetime receptions by a Harvard tight end on the play, for a ten yard gain that moved the senior close to his own record for total offense, but the offense continued to fizzle and another in a long line of Scott Coolidge punts was in order.
Bob Baggott's interception at 6:32 gave Harvard an opportunity to get back into the game, giving the Crimson life at the Eli 20. Runs by Tom Winn and Kubacki provided a first-and-goal situation at the eight. But the drive ultimately fell six inches short.
A fourth down Kubacki pass to Chris Doherty connected at the oneyard line, but the fullback was dragged down just short of the line and the Elis had held in a critical situation.
The Elis gained some breathing room from there, and when Crimson captain Bill Emper fumbled, the much-hoped-for punt soon after that, the string had finally run out.
Yale took over from there and on the strength of the running of the backfield trio of Pagliari, Southworth and Hatem, drove deep into Harvard territory before a missed field goal attempt gave Harvard the ball at its own 20 with 46 seconds to go.
A Kubacki run, which gave the senior his record, ended the game and the season. Yale was at least coholder of the title.