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...Mother Nature wasn’t going to slow down the Harvard offense, then the Holy Cross defense didn’t stand a chance...
...that felt like it belonged somewhere in the dark depths of December rather than September, the Crimson football team (1-0) had little trouble disposing of Holy Cross (0-3), drubbing the overmatched Crusaders...
...thing we said we had to do was handle the elements better than Holy Cross,” Crimson coach Tim Murphy said. “Specifically [we needed] to do a great job of ball security and force some takeaways....The bottom line is we did those things...
With Harvard already leading 14-0 courtesy of two shorter Dawson touchdown runs, the sophomore tailback broke the game open midway through the second quarter. Following a lengthy Crusaders drive into Crimson territory, Holy Cross wide receiver Sean Gruber fumbled at the one-yard line just short of the end zone. Junior cornerback Keith Howell recovered the loose ball in the end zone for a touchback...
...other side of the ball, after Gruber’s early fumble, the Holy Cross offense couldn’t muster anything against the Crimson defense. The unit that was supposed to miss its leader and anchor, Dante Balestracci ’04, looked perfectly in-sync with junior linebacker Matt Thomas and Everett flying all over the field. The linebacker duo combined for nine tackles and put constant pressure on O’Neil, who finished the day with only 70 yards in the air. The tandem twice forced the Crusaders’ quarterback to throw the ball before...