November 21, 1987: For the Harvard football team, it may be The Game, but it's just another game. And like in most of its games this season, the Crimson wins. Behind Hinz's phenomenal day at the races (the junior rushes for 161 yards on 26 carries), Harvard triumphs, 14-10, and earns its first outright Ivy title since 1975.

"This team just didn't quit," Restic says. "I've been down to the Yale Bowl a few times when we've just had so much enthusiasm coming down here, going through the tunnel, coming out on the field. And there's one danger--that you come out flat. I was never worried about that with this team. They were calm, cool, collected."

Alliteration for a poetic year.

Taking time out from the NCAA Tournament, the men's soccer team decides to finish up regular-season business. The booters tie Yale, 0-0, and capture the outright Ivy League title. Now, it's back to the business of winning a national crown.

November 29, 1987: Same time, next year. The men's soccer team made it to the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 1986, and the Crimson makes it there again in 1987. Harvard handles Adelphi, 3-0, and presses forward

December 4, 1987: The Harvard men's hockey team travels to the circus tent know as Lynah Rink in Ithaca, N.Y. Fish are hurled on the ice. So is an object which, according to The Crimson, would "repulse many a nun." Oh, yes, a little hockey is played, too. Harvard triumphs, 3-1.

December 6, 1987: Same time, next year. In 1986, the men's soccer team advanced to the NCAA Final Four, only to fall to Duke. In 1987, the Crimson advances to the Final Four and falls in a shoot-out. San Diego State knocks in one more penalty kick than the Crimson and goes to the Final Two with a 2-1 victory.

January 9, 1988: The men's basketball team opens its season against one of the league's top clubs. Harvard is not up to the task. Despite a second-half comeback, the Crimson falls short, losing to Dartmouth, 66-58.

The women's team, however, handles the Green easily. Dartmouth finds its new home--Leede Arena--unfriendly, and Harvard prevails, 72-67.

February 1, 1988: The Harvard hockey team follows an age-old formula: Crimson plus Beanpot equals defeat. Boston University is the recipient of another Harvard disaster. The Terriers go to the 'Pot final after knocking out the Crimson, 6-4.

February 14, 1988: The men's hockey team (16-6 overall) assures itself of home ice for the ECAC playoffs with a 3-1 victory over Cornell. Crimson forward Andy Janfaza helps the cause with a goal that breaks a 1-1 tie in the third period.

The men's swimming team ropes Cornell, 114-79, pushing its record to 8-2 overall. The women's team gets the better of the Red, too, winning, 167-99. The women are now 6-0 in the Ivy League. Sweet swimming.

February 21, 1988: The women's hockey team captures its second straight Ivy League title after defeating Princeton, 4-2. Char Joslin scores a pair of goals to give the Crimson the victory. "It was definitely different than last year," Harvard Co-Captain Julie Sasner says. "Last year was new and exciting. This year, we had more confidence. It was also tougher. It's exciting in a completely different way."

The women's swimming team also wraps up an Ivy crown, swimming past Penn, 172-94. But even before the aquawomen can dry off, they are looking ahead to the Eastern Championships. "I am waiting for bigger and better things," Harvard Coach Maura Costin Scalise says.

February 28, 1988: Today is title day. Send a Harvard team into a game. Watch it come home with a title. No fewer than five Crimson squads take home titles today.