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HANOVER, N.H.—This win wasn’t pretty—not all of them have to be—but it’s taxing victories like the one Harvard eked out over Dartmouth on Saturday that reveal a champion’s true mettle...
...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...
...year ago, the Crimson’s 30-16 loss to Dartmouth, then 1-5, proved that. Regardless of who was under center, Harvard had bludgeoned opponents on the ground and through the air in each of its six wins, averaging nearly 38 points a game. But when the offense languished and the secondary fell victim to a series of miraculous completions, the Crimson’s title hopes fizzled. The Big Green wasn’t better—just, on that day, more resilient. When push came to shove in each of Harvard’s three...
...this time, though, regardless of how few bounces or calls went Harvard’s way, no matter how many chances Dartmouth was given. And the Big Green was given several stabs at the victory—many of them well outside the Crimson’s control...
This time, the Crimson had the lead, desperately struggling to maintain it. With under 15 seconds left and Dartmouth at the Harvard 35-yard line, Shula hit tailback Chris Little out of the backfield. He broke towards the sideline...