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YOUNG HARMON MAKES HIS MARK
Dan Jenkins
September 18, 1972
From out of Hollywood comes the saga of Mark Harmon, handsome, articulate son of Old 98, who in his first starring role last week quarterbacked underdog UCLA to a final-reel victory over mighty Nebraska
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September 18, 1972

Young Harmon Makes His Mark

From out of Hollywood comes the saga of Mark Harmon, handsome, articulate son of Old 98, who in his first starring role last week quarterbacked underdog UCLA to a final-reel victory over mighty Nebraska

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Pepper Rodgers was pretty certain of that all along.

"I knew we were great on paper, but I couldn't say it. I knew we could win, but I didn't say it. You don't want to antagonize folks like Nebraska. But we've been so good in workouts, it's been scary. I mean Harmon and McAlister and the rest. I mean real scary."

And Pepper added, "I felt like a guy with some extra aces in the deck and the other guy didn't know I could play poker."

They know now. In fact, everybody does.

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