The most costly incompletion for the Crimson cam early in the second quator, when fallback Mark Vignali, near the right side on at the Cornell 15 with daylight ahead bobbled and dropped Colombo's pass.
Crash Landing
But Harvard wasn't the only team that blow good opportunities to win it. Both teams had drives that seemed headed for the end zone, only to go away at the last moment.
Cornell's big chance came last in the second quarter, which runner back Harmon galloped nearly halt the length of the carpet until tackled from behind by John Dailey at the Crimson 30 from there Cornell drove to the nine before its drive collapsed. First, after a time out, Maguire took too long calling his signals. Then at the 14 the whole offensive line moved before the snap--an illegal procedure. Then Maguire went for paydirt--and tired straight into Dailey's arms at the three-yard line.
Harvard's turn came early in the fourth quarter Paced by a part of White to John O'Brien completions the Crimson moved to the Big Red five before sallying. Two carries by Vignali gamed: yard On third and goal.. pitchout to Vignali never made it Cornell is covered.
The Big Red came very very, close to depriving Harvard of another serious, chance after that. A holding call on Cornell with 1:2 left forced it to punt rather than enjoy a firs, down on the Crimson 16.
White went to work on his own 20, with 80 second left. A bomb O'Brien tell incomplete. A reverse and an incompletion later, was fourth and six, still on the Harvard 24. But a screen pass to Vignali kept the Crimson alive. A 30 yard pass to a leaping O'Brien brought Harvard into Big Red territories. And when White scrambled out of bounds at the 22 with 07 left he set the stage for Villanueva.
THE NOTEBOOK None of Colombo's five passes were caught. White completed six of 13 .... Linebacker and Co-Captain Mike Scully was the dominating force for the Cornell defense, with nine tackles and 10 assists .... Total yardage: Harvard, 244. Cornell. 213 .... After the game. Restic was undecided about his starter at quarterback for next week's showdown with Dartmouth at the Stadium.