Last Hurrah
On third-and-11 from their own 35, Larry Brown and Co. were down to their last hurrah. Under a fierce rush, Brown threw a clutch completion to Horner angling across the field for a first down. From there, Brown uncorked a bullet to John MacLeod in traffic. MacLeod snared the pass at his 22-yd. line, caromed off a pair of defenders and was finally ridden out of bounds at the 12.
On third down and still at the 12, Bosnic came on lined up as if to kick the field goal. Instead, Brown took the snap on the fake, rolled right, and underthrew Gary Quantock in the left flat. Now it was fourth down and once again Bosnic lined up by the right hash mark in the middle of that dark cockpit of emotion on the field.
Bosnic missed, of course, but he said afterwards, "I really never thought about missing it at all. I just hurried it. It was so short that I just wanted to make sure it got off without getting blocked. I'd just like to kick it again."
Bosnic actually did get one more chance. After Brown took possession, it was forced to punt with 12 seconds left in the game. Carbone shanked the punt and it went out of bounds at the Brown 32. Bosnic then attempted a 49-yd. field goal as Harvard's hopes hung on a wing and a prayer.
The ball fell short, and as it fell it broke the spell that made fog-enshrouded Harvard Stadium on Saturday afternoon a charmed circle of 23,000 onlookers and 22 men on the field.