Say goodbye to Wally Rutecki.

And say hello to LaMont Greer and Joe Connolly.

Because Greer and Connolly Saturday became the first Harvard split ends in 33 games to catch a touchdown pass.

Not since Rutecki scored on a 25-yd. toss from Don Allard on Oct. 17, 1982 had a Crimson wide receiver hauled in a scoring pass.

But Saturday at Fitton Field in Worcester, with 2:34 remaining to play, Greer ended one of the most baffling streaks in Harvard history by snagging a 27-yd. scoring strike.

Then, just 28 seconds later, Connolly doubled the number of times a Crimson split end had found the end zone in the last three years.

All of which led Greer and Connolly to say in unison in the lockerroom after the game, "No more Wally Rutecki."

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The touchdown receptions of Greer and Connolly keyed the biggest fourth quarter comeback victory in Harvard history.

With 10:33 remaining to play Saturday, Holy Cross added a 27-yd. field goal that put the Crusaders on top, 20-7.

But that only set the stage for Harvard's biggest comeback in 112 years of gridiron play.

Never before had the Crimson--which came away with a 28-20 victory--trailed by as many in the fourth quarter and come back to win. In fact, no other Crimson team had trailed by as many as 10 points entering the fourth quarter and still come away with a win.

The biggest previous Harvard comeback took place in 1954, when the Crimson overcame a nine-point deficit in the final period to sneak by Yale, 13-9.

What's more, Harvard's shocking victory Saturday marked the 16th time since 1924 that the Crimson had rallied to win after entering the fourth quarter on the short end of the score.

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