Word: comebacking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Over 30 years later, what is striking is not just the comeback itself, but the fact that the stars had aligned themselves such that with under a minute remaining, Harvard needed two touchdowns plus two two-point conversions to tie the game. No room for error whatsoever. There would be no possibility of a win, only a tie. Circumstance so rarely affords any team or individual to play out a heroic miracle such as that; when and while it happens, it almost seems preordained that the miracle outcome might manifest...
...Crimson score. Then with 1:18 left, Wilford hit receiver Kyle Cremarosa from 33 yards out to tie the game. But Colgate drove 66 yards from the Harvard 15-yard-line in the final minute to set up the game-winning field goal, killing the Crimson comeback...
...Quakers completed the comeback in the first minutes of the second half, when junior midfielder Henry Chen beat Mejias on a penalty kick...
...third quarter, Walland led an 85-yard Yale scoring drive capped by a 2-yard touchdown run by Josh Phillips. The score gave Yale a comfortable 30-14 advantage, and its ball control offense prevented the Big Red from making a comeback...
Several Harvard errors allowed Stony Brook to grab an early 10-4 lead in the first game, but Harvard soon regrouped. A crucial Lutich kill catalyzed the Crimson's comeback, and Harvard trailed Stony Brook 11-8. Hart delivered a powerful kill to force a Stony Brook sideout, and an ace by Jellison catalyzed an unstoppable Harvard attack...