Yohe has started every game but one since then, and is probably Harvard's quarterback of the future. With a strong arm and quick feet, he should have two fine years ahead of him.
Injuries have ranged beyond the quarterback spot, with a number of key gridders missing considerable time this season.
Fullback Brian O'Neil, the Crimson's leading ground gainer with 373 yards, missed two contests, while Harvard's leading receiver--split end Joe Connolly--also missed a pair of games.
The defense has also been injury-plagued, with cornerback Don Heberle among the starters missing one or more games with injury.
But the most devastating injury of the season, at least in emotional terms, occurred last weekend at Penn. Playing on the artificial turf of Franklin Field, linebacker Collins tried to make a cut but instead tore two ligaments in his knee.
He will undergo surgery next week and is expected to be on crutches for several months.
Harvard's captain was only nine tackles away from setting a school record in that department when he was felled on the turf.
Collins' greatest moment as Harvard captain--leading his troops into the Stadium for The Game--was to have occurred today. Instead, Collins will be watching from the sidelines, cheering on his teammates and pondering what could have been.
Few Gopher Balls
Last year, Harvard had six scoring plays (not counting field goals) of 30 yards or more, including four long passes, a Santiago 75-yd. run, and an interception return.
This year, the Crimson has scored only twice from more than 20 yards out: a 40-yd. scramble by Yohe against Dartmouth and a 36-yd. run by Landau against the Lions. The two long scores came in Harvard's only two wins this season.
The loss of the explosive Santiago--who was inon three of the six big scoring plays lastyear--has hurt Harvard in the quick TD category,as has the failure of potential gamebreakers RufusJones and LaMont Greer to recover from injury.
At Holy Cross last year, the gridders stagedtheir now-famous comeback, scoring 21 points in 41seconds to snatch a 28-20 victory over theCrusaders. All three rally touchdowns were playsof 25 yards or more.
It is that kind of explosive power which hasbeen missing from the Crimson line-up this year.Game after game, Harvard has faced situationswhere a big score would change the momentum of thecontest--and game after game, the big play haseluded the gridders.
Faced with a depleted roster, Restic has beenquite conservative in his play calling. In theBrown game (a 31-19 Bruin victory), Restic puntedon several fourth-and-short situations when hemight have gone for the first.
A number of players blasted the Crimson'ssloppy play after that