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...Harvard offense spent the entire day searching for a rhythm it never found. The Crimson finished the day with only 226 yards of total offense—120 of it during a largely inconsequential fourth quarter.The Cornell defense once again had an answer for All-American running back Clifton Dawson, holding the junior to just 39 yards on the ground. The Big Red has held Dawson to an average of 58 rushing yards in the teams’ three meetings during Dawson’s career.“We really pointed...
...said captain defensive end Erik Grimm, “and we didn’t do that.”MAYBE NEXT YEARAfter two straight weeks of sub-par rushing performances—39 yards this week after 59 yards against Lehigh—sophomore running back Clifton Dawson’s chances at the Payton Award, given to the best offensive player in Division I-AA, have gone from slim to none. Saturday, the All-American back carried the ball 24 times and had a late touchdown, but was driven back from the line of scrimmage time and again...
...can’t pin it on sophomore quarterback Liam O’Hagan. After all, he was the architect of the Crimson’s two dramatic comebacks earlier this year and has since lost his top three receivers. You can’t point at junior tailback Clifton Dawson either. Sure the All-American hasn’t been as dominating as last year. But he’s routinely facing defenses crowding the line and neither he nor Tim Murphy will ever talk about how banged up he is. And how about Murphy? What, did he just...
...football game.”On Harvard’s first possession, the Crimson’s turnover trouble reared its ugly head immediately. Junior kick returner Neil Sherlock promptly fumbled and recovered the opening kickoff. Then, on the first play from scrimmage, the usually sure-handed Clifton Dawson was unable to hang on to a sloppy handoff from sophomore quarterback Liam O’Hagan, fumbling for only the fifth time in his career but the third already this season. O’Hagan fell on the ball at the Harvard nine-yard-line to preserve the Crimson?...
...Harvard offense spent the entire day searching for a rhythm it never found. The Crimson finished the day with only 226 yards of total offense—120 of it during a largely inconsequential fourth quarter. The Cornell defense once again had an answer for All-American running back Clifton Dawson—holding the junior to just 39 yards on the ground. The Big Red has held Dawson to an average of 58 rushing yards in the teams’ three meetings during his career. Even more discouraging for the Crimson, after a week when coach Tim Murphy stressed...