Harvard had its best touchdown chance of the day two plays later, when Wilkinson forced a Craig Fitchett fumble at the Tiger 30.
With a 1:39 remaining in the half, the Crimson had a golden opportunity to surge ahead. On the first play, White went back to pass, felt some pressure, ignored a wide-open field ahead of him and threw into a crowd at the goal line.
Princeton defensive back Jim Anderson, who was having an outstanding game, came up with the ball, and the Crimson push was foiled.
"I thought that was going to be the play that was going to be the big play in the ball game," Restic said. "Because if he doesn't get it up in the air, I think he's gonna run, maybe down inside the 10, 'cause there was no one in the middle of the field."
In the second half, the two defenses dominated, and both coaches waited for the inevitable break to come. The Crimson blitzed Butler incessantly, but the Tiger line did a heroic job giving him protection and preventing the Harvard defense from picking up the edge.
The Good Book
"I put together the plan for our offensive linemen, I had like a book I gave them," Rogerson said. "This was our midterm week. I said, 'Unfortunately, guys, you've got another midterm.' And they responded well."
So with the defenses shutting down the offenses, the special teams--and a little well-placed fortune--gave the game to Princeton.
THE NOTEBOOK: Brian White had the wind knocked out of him and was replaced by junior Dave Landau for two plays...Junior linebacker Scott Collins broke his nose...White, who now has 1828 career passing yards, moved into fifth on the all-time Harvard list.