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...second of the two passes was the back-breaker. After the game’s most bizarre play—Rittgers scrambled backwards in the Harvard red zone until he was accidentally tripped by the referee for an 18-yard loss—the Dartmouth QB heaved his next pass high in the air on third-and-28, towards junior wide receiver Andrew Hall in double-coverage...
Hall jumped backwards, reached back with one outstretched arm and reeled in the overthrown pass as he crashed to the ground in a heap of players on the Harvard two-yard line. The completion electrified the Dartmouth crowd and had the Harvard contingent staring in disbelief...
...Dartmouth head coach John Lyons called the catch “one of the most unbelievable I’ve ever seen...
Rittgers then ran the ball in for a score, putting Dartmouth up by two touchdowns...
Harvard was stopped twice within the Dartmouth 10-yard line during the second quarter, turning the ball over first on downs with 9:07 left, and then on Dartmouth DB Mike Ribero’s interception of junior quarterback Garrett Schires at the goal line to end the half...