On October 6. Yale finally got things going again with a big turnaround-way around, prince-and-the, pauper style-a 41-0 shutout of Morgan State, a squad that boasted more than three dozen freshmen.

"Then we played a very inexperienced team, which was a godsend for us." "Cozza explains." It was still a victory and it gave us a little confidence.

"I think maybe the kids started to see some daylight."

And a week later, the outlook get even brighter for the Bulldogs.

After a solid 28-18 triumph over Dartmouth, the Elis began a string of miracles that would do a Sunday-morning T.V. evangelist proud.

Against Columbia, Yale trailed by a touchdown in the fourth quarter, but rallied to knot the contest at 21 with just over five minutes remaining.

After the Lions surrendered the ball, quarterback Mike Cyr led the Bulldogs down the field in a 14-play drive that culminated, in a Cyr-to-Andy Marwede touchdown pass with 1:16 left, giving the Elis a 26-21 advantage.

The Lions marched right back and only a brilliant Tim Kotkiewicz breakup of a potential Columbia scoring pass with no time remaining saved the game for the hosts.

The next week, at pean, Yale rebounded from a 17-0 deficit to pull withi a field goal of the league champions at 24-21, before failing to the Quakers, 34-21.

And against Cornell the following week, a pair of Curtin-to-Moriarty passes late in the fourth quarter delivered a 21-14 Eli victory.

Seven days later, the Bulldogs pulled off the Princeton miracle, which spectacular comeback in the 20 years I've been here."

While Rome of the last three victories can be called convincing, Yale is in position to move into a tie for second place in the Ivits.

But that would tabe a victory in The Game.

The Elis have moved up in the league primarily because they boast the best run defense in the league, a unit spearheaded by All-Ivy middle guard John Zanieski--the leading Yale tackler in 1983 and '84--and a superb pair of linebackers in Carmen Ilacqua and Ardel McKenna.

The Bulldog defense, which allows an average of less than three yards a carry, will be in a strong position to shut down the vaunted Harvard running game.