BLUE LINE HOLDS TWICE
Herb Christiansen, who had replaced John Handrahan in the Green line-up, broke away for 15 yards on the second play of the final quarter, and Dartmouth had first down on the 12-yard line. Four rushes failed to gain another first down and Yale took over on its own 4-yard mark. The Blue eleven kicked out of danger, but soon after, McCray intercepted an Eli pass on the 16-yard line and the Indians seemed all set for another score, especially after two plays had produced first down on the 4-yard stripe. The Bulldogs made another beautiful goal-line stand, however, and took the ball one yard from the final line. A desperate pass from the Yale end zone landed smack in the hands of Dartmouth's MrRay, who thundered 10 yards to the touchdown that made victory seem inevitable to even the most dubious Green finger-crosser. Joe Handrahan again kicked the extra point, and the Indians were placed in the perfect position of not having to worry if Yale did score another touchdown. The remainder of the game was played around midfield, with the Elis still attempting to connect on a long pass and Ray again shattering their hopes by intercepting another pass just one play before the historic contest ended. Occupants of the end sections of the Bowl had uprooted the goal posts even before the game was officially over, and the last plays were run on a field without a vestige of an upright.
The superiority of the Dartmouth line was the decisive factor of the afternoon, its relentless drive opening up huge holes on the offense and its defensive power bottling up the Blue running attack and forcing the Elis into almost complete reliance on forward passes. The Big Green's defensive lapses against aerials caused the Dartmouth stands some anxious moments, but the Indians fathomed Yale's spectacular and tricky attack as the game progressed and were the complete masters of the situation in the final quarter. As Arthur Sampson reported in The Boston Herald, "The Elis were a good football team out there, but Coach Blaik had mended the fences which cracked down here last year and his second Big Green eleven just could not be denied. It had too much power, too much precision, too much poise, too much speed and too much determination to be beaten. Not even a smart, hard-fighting Yale eleven which has defeated Penn and Navy could turn Dartmouth back this time. The Indians of today were jinx-proof."
