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...country. “Our defense really carried us through the wins,” Duboe said. “They didn’t give up more than six goals throughout the win streak. That was a credit to our offense, too—we possessed the ball and did a good job of controlling the game in the fourth quarter.” But it was the league that turned out to be Harvard’s downfall, as the team opened the Ivy campaign with the seniors’ first-ever loss to Penn. Freshman phenom Dean...
...quelled, registering a touchdown with just 3:37 remaining and tacking on a two-point rush by O’Hagan to tie the game. The squads entered overtime as the sun set on the unlit Yale Bowl and the crowd started to lose sight of the ball. A missed field goal, an interception, and two fumbles kept both sides from scoring in the first two extra periods. Would the epic clash ever end, or would the failing light force a tie for the first time since 1968?Perhaps the spirit of The Game, unwilling to suffer such a travesty...
...like a well-oiled machine against the highly-ranked and favored home team, outgaining the Bulldogs 434-109 and holding Payton Award candidate Mike McLeod to just 50 yards rushing. Yale quarterback Matt Polhemus was 2-of-18 for 29 yards and two interceptions when forced to throw the ball with his team trailing...
...really proud of how our team developed,” Weintraub said. “We really did become a team. Even though we didn’t win all the games we wanted to, we played a lot better as a team, we moved the ball around a lot better, dug ourselves out of a lot of point deficits, and we learned how to rally around each other. It’s really going to help us next season.”Though the Crimson is losing three graduating seniors—opposite hitter Jamie Crooks, libero Brian Rapp...
...Murphy said. “‘What we’re going to have to do is play a perfect game. We’re going to have to shut down their running game and make them play with their left hand and throw the ball...