AND NOW FOR THE BEST:
10. February 1978. While most of the Harvard racquetmen are busy impersonating the Dudley House intramural team, Mike DeSaulniers humiliates Princeton's defending national champ, Tom Page, 15-6, 15-12, 15-5. All Page can say afterward is, "Where's the nearest place to find a cold beer?"
9. February 1978. With 27 inches of snow coming down outside, Gene Purdy gives Harvard a thrilling 4-3 overtime win over Northeastern in the opening round of the Beanpot by rushing the length of the ice, swooping behind the net, and stuffing it in a la Bobby Clarke.
8. September 1978. Senior halfback Wayne Moore, banished to the bench for two years, breaks four tackles and accelerates like a cruise missile on an end sweep against Columbia that goes for a 73-yd. TD. (A broken ankle the next week ends Moore's season.)
7. February 1978. The only good memory to come out of the IAB: Harvard beats Penn by six in basketball. Fifteen hundred people collectively go bananas.
6. February 1976. With Harvard's then-awesome indoor track team threatening to lose the Big Three meet at Jadwin Gym, freshman Pete Fitzsimmons explodes at the end of the two-mile to win in a record 8:58. The team explodes and goes on a romp.
5. October 1975. Sophomore third-string QB Tim Davenport comes in against Princeton with 12 minutes to go on an 80-degree day at the Stadium, and pulls off a near miracle--putting three touchdowns on the board before fumbling on his own 20 as Harvard loses, 24-21.
4. May 1976. Harvard beats Princeton in tennis, 5-4 (comparable to Northwestern beating Ohio State in football) to win the league title in legendary coach Jack Barnaby's last year.
3. November 1978. Harvard loses to Yale, 35-28, but it's the most exciting game you'd ever want to see. Even the Spagnola-to-Krystyniak flea-flicker is a beauty. Larry Brown makes a gracious exit.
2. November 1975. Harvard wins its first undisputed Ivy football title when quarterback Jim Kubacki hits Bob McDermott on a fourth-and-12, and Mike Lynch kicks a wobbly duck of a field goal through the posts with seconds remaining.
1. October 1975. In a play immortalized across the nation's sports pages by a UPI photographer, Harvard cornerback Billy Emper makes one of the single greatest plays ever in Harvard sports. With Dartmouth threatening to overturn the Crimson, Emper comes all the way across the field, leaps like a cross between Doctor J and an Acapulco cliff diver, and ticks away what seems like a certain long-bomb TD pass with his fingertip.
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