HARVARD WINS! HARVARD WINS! HARVARD WINS!

On a cold and rainy day at The Stadium, Harvard pitched its first shutout against Yale since 1966, defeating the Elis 14-0.

The hero of the game was the newfound resiliency of the defense, which allowed yards but no points like the Boston Celtics once held Michael Jordan to 60-point games but no wins.

In this game, the role of Jordan was filled by Yale tailback Keith Price, who gained 162 yards on 25 carries. All his big gains were in non-critical situations--outside the Harvard 20.

No points.

Defense Heroic

All year long, the talk had been of the offense. Junior quarterback Mike Giardi. Captain Robb Hirsch. The Multi-Flex. And the offense did its job: two strong drives spearheaded by Giardi's running and passing.

But the defense--keyed by nine senior starters, none of whom had ever beaten Yale in their entire careers--played with more emotion than they had all season.

Price may have roamed from from 20 yard line to 20 yard line, but inside the red zone was Harvard territory and the defense let the Elis know.

Two unbelievable goalline stands won The Game for Harvard: one was important, the other clinched the game.

The clinching stop occurred with Harvard leading 14-0 and 4:48 remaining in the game. Yale faced 4th-and-inches on Harvard's one yard line.

With the game clearly riding on this one play, Yale quarterback Chris Hetherington handed off to Price who leaped high over the middle.

But senior free safety Rob Santos knocked the ball loose as Price flew by and junior linebacker brain Ramer recovered the ball on the Harvard four yard line as both players and Harvard fans went nuts.

Price's fumble was The Game. After that, the contest was for the shutout. (Harvard won that match, too.)

The other stand, which served notice that Yale was in deep doo-doo (as one Yale grad might put it) was earlier in the same quarter.