Most of the offensive players were 50 yards away from Justice and in the worst possible position to defend against the interception return.

After coming down with the interception, Justice sprinted across the field, and turned up the near sideline. With all of the Crimson players either yards away or blocked, Justice was able to run down the sideline completely untouched before being pushed out of bounds at the Harvard 18, just four yards ahead of the original line of scrimmage.

"We knew they'd throw the ball on third-and-30," Justice said. "I just played my zone, and made sure I protected the ball. Then I saw some gaps, and I hit them."

After a 14-yard pass to junior flanker Billy Rackley, big sophomore tailback Mike Malan scored on a four-yard run to put the Bears ahead for good, 17-10.

The Crimson had many chances to tie the game, as Harvard drove into Brown territory on each of its last three drives, but each time the Brown defense made a big play to silence any hope of a Harvard comeback.

On its first drive after the interception return, Harvard went three-and-out again. But on the subsequent punt return, Campbell coughed up the ball to the Crimson, giving Harvard a first down on the Brown 40.

Two plays later, senior running back Chris Menick had a chance to save the day for the Crimson. He busted through the line and went down the left sideline. Twelve yards downfield, Brown safety Tony Paquette shoved Menick, who was tiptoeing the sideline, just enough to push him out-of-bounds with nothing but open field in front him.