Word: balled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When Harvard got the ball back, it could not move. And on the next exchange, St. John threw an interception to Barry Pizor. Though the defense stiffened in the final minutes, the comeback was not to be, as an inexperienced kicking game betrayed Harvard and pushed the Crimson record back to 1-4, 1-2 in the Ivies...
...They ball-controlled us," he said. "Look at the sheet here and you can see that...
...peek at the statistics sheet indicates that Dartmouth held the ball for almost 37 of the 60 minutes, much of this on extended drives that failed to produce scores. Most disturbing, however, was the ease with which a Dartmouth offense that had been doing a collective impersonation of Rip Van Winkle all season moved the ball both in the air and on the ground in an unspectacular fashion...
Dartmouth gained 180 yds in 54 carries, most of that on the cutting running of Dufresne. "They're big on the cutback," Crimson linebacker Matt Sabetti said yesterday. "When you play a team like that, guys on the other side of the ball have to be alert. I guess we just weren't up to snuff...
With that attitude, it was no surprise that on Harvard's first overtime play, speedy Cat Ferrante streaked down the right side of the field, drawing the goalie out to cut down the angle while passing off to St. Louis. With the net wide open, St. Louis tapped the ball in to give Harvard the winning advantage with only 25 seconds gone...