Lehigh at Harvard

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  Evening star, September 30, 1962, page 60

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  Harvard Drops Lehigh, 17–⁠7, Basseft Stars CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Sept. % (APl.-Quarterbaek Mike Bassett. resorting to the air only occasionally, threw two touch down passes toslead Ivy League co-defender Harvard to a 27–⁠7 victory over Lehigh today. The win was the sixth straight for the Crimson, including the last five of 1861, and matched the best Harvard streak since the 1938-i939 seasons. Bassett passed IA yards to End Dave Hudepohl in the third period for Harvard’s second score and connected on q “a .yarder to Halfback Bill Taylor in the final period. Before those two touchdowns. the margin had been one point. fashioned on Taylor’s two-point conversion rush in the second quarter following Bill Grana s Vineyard run after a Lehigh touchdown in the opening quarter. The Engineers went out In front, TO. with 81 seconds left in the first period, going IS yards in IL plays. Two passes to Halfback Pat Clark did it. putting the ball on the Harward four. Clark went off right guard for the score and Joe Walton converted. Settling down from earlier filters and fuHmbles, Harvard marched 80 yards after stop ping q second Lehigh threat. Once the Crimson moved ahead, 1t was all Harvard. Fullback Fred Bartl finished off the scoring by going one yard In the fourth period after Tackle Dick Diehl recovered q tumble on the end Of a Terry Bartolet to Hudepohl Harvard

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Harvard leads 7–⁠4 in 11 meetings, counting the six since this game.