HANOVER, N.H.--Traditionally, Dartmouth's student body troops en mass to Cambridge on Friday of Harvard weekend and does its best to paint everything in sight a sickly green. But yesterday the tables were turned. It was the Woodsmen who turned green following Harvard's 16-12 come-from-behind victory in the annual junior varsity football clash.

Tom Beatrice plunged over for the decisive touchdown with six minutes left in the game, but it took a last-minute goal line stand by Harvard's injury-riddled defensive line to insure the victory. Playing with five defensive ends in the lineup, Harvard thwarted a Dartmouth "first-and-goal from the three" situation with consecutive stack-ups on dive plays, and finally a Dan Cassidy interception on fourth down.

Scott Groper drew first blood for the Crimson with a 22-yd. second-period field goal. It became 10-0 Harvard on quarterback Jim Keyte's two-yard run and Groper's point after. Dartmouth fought back with a dazzling 44-yd. touchdown pass play, but a missed extra point allowed Harvard a 10-6 halftime lead.

The Woodsmen grabbed the lead late in the third period on another long pass, setting the stage for the Crimson's fourth quarter heroics.

Game statistics for the two teams were nearly even. Each squad managed 12 first downs and each turned the ball over twice. Harvard's defense in the pressure situations made the difference.

Credit for the defense's success must go to Harvard coach Leo Fanning. "He really mixed up the defensive alignments so that Dartmouth didn't know what to throw at us," echoed numerous jubilant gridders afterwards.