At halftime, Harvard had more first downs and time of possession than the cross but was clearly on the ropes, down 14-0 and facing the wind in the third quarter.
There, Harvard got blown out. The Cross scored three minutes into the frame when flanker Rick Lane shorthopped a Wiley (17-for-37, 318 yards, 4 interceptions) pass in the endzone. The officials ruled it a catch, and the Cross led, 21-0
Holy Cross scored again four minutes later when halfback-flanker-cornerback Gordie Lockbaum, promoted as "Heisman Trophy candidate Goride Lockbaum," took a hand-off at the Harvard 10, danced around left end, and made a beautiful cut-back to prance untouched into the endzone for his 17th touchdown of the season.
The Cross added another third period score when Dave Murphy. blocked an Alan Hall punt and recovered it in the endzone.
At that point, only three points of relative interest remained: world Harvard's running game ever get on track, what would the nifty Lock-baum do next, and would Holy Cross show some class as the clock ran out.
The answers, in order, were no, pass and no.
Already hurt by the absence of leading rusher Tony Hinz (separated shoulder), the Harvard ground game was dealt afatal blow when Bob Glatz suffered a knee injuryin the first half (he may play against Penn, Hinzis probable).
Left with regular Dave Bunning, and back-upsSilas Myers and Brad Bedard, the Crimson gotnowhere all day. When seven sacks of Yohe areadded to the total, the Crimson ground game nettednegative 13 yards on 35 carries for the afternoon.
Meanwhile, miracle man Lockbaum pulled out anew trick when he threw an option pass for atouchdown with four minutes left in the game.
The novelty of the moment and the athleticismof Lockbaum made it seem a little lessreprehensible that the Crusaders were passing onfirst-and-goal late in the fourth quarter.
Holy Cross was obviously playing this one byits own standards.
THE NOTEBOOK: Yohe's one-yd. touchdownpass to Mark Blasetti in the fourth quarter gavehim 15 on the season, one short of the schoolsingle-season record.
Ivy StandingsTeam W-L-T W-L-THarvard 4-1-0 6-2-0Yale 4-1-0 6-2-0Brown 3-2-0 5-3-0Cornell 3-2-0 4-4-0Princeton 3-2-0 5-3-0Penn 2-3-0 3-5-0Dartmouth 1-4-0 2-6-0Columbia 0-5-0 0-8-0