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...Harvard football team’s game against Dartmouth last weekend, tailback Nick Carrington knew that he probably wouldn’t be seeing action until the fourth quarter, if at all. As the backup to sophomore Clifton Dawson, one of the top players in the Ivy League and the holder of several Crimson records, Carrington has grown used to waiting his turn to take the field. If Harvard was up by a considerable margin, if the starters were pulled, if Crimson coach Tim Murphy needed someone to reliably run out the clock, then the senior would get his chance...
...question marks surrounding the health status of Harvard running back Clifton Dawson are troubling, as the Crimson’s offensive attack would become quite one-dimensional in his absence. The shaky 2-for-4 performance of seemingly unflappable freshman placekicker Matt Schindel last weekend doesn’t bode well for Harvard either...
...problem for the Crimson wasn’t necessarily garnering yardage, although the Big Green defensive line did an admirable job of keeping star running back Clifton Dawson from his typical 100-yard, three-TD outing. The sophomore was held to just 69 yards—only the second time this season he has failed to break the century mark—and no touchdowns. As a result, Dawson’s departure in the beginning of the fourth quarter due to a muscle injury was not the backbreaker for the offense that it might have ordinarily been...
...Crimson offense, while more successful than Dartmouth’s, failed to click for the first time all year. Crucial passes fell incomplete, Clifton Dawson rushed for a mere 69 yards and didn’t score, and field goals outnumbered touchdowns. Promising drives advanced inside Dartmouth territory, then faltered outside the red zone. Seven punts, four of them from inside midfield, pinned Harvard well below its standard scoring output...
...with sophomore running back Clifton Dawson on the sideline due to a muscle strain in his side that he sustained earlier in the game, senior running back Nick Carrington got the call and couldn’t convert, as his own lineman tripped him up behind the line...