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Harvard is coming off its worst defeat since this year's seniors were back in high school, and is still a team without a proven quarterback. A week and a half ago. Tim Davenport was reported lost for the season...
...there was a bright side to the discovery last week that Harvard quarterback Tim Davenport was out for the season, it was the fact that the team had two non-league games coming up--two chances for an heir to emerge and get some experience under his belt before the lvy League wars resumed...
Today he returns to the line-up, but his presence is not the main story. Tim Davenport's absence claims that honor, and if you believe in deja vu, just hope the Minutemen aren't on next year's Crimson schedule...
From a mechanical how-will-it-affect-the-team-point-of-view, it may not. Psychologically perhaps, but this is the type thing around which teams tend to rally. Performance-wise, Davenport was an adept thrower, but his running was by no means exceptional...
...more aggressive runner, in fact, would have been by the Columbia defense and halfway to the Empire State Building on the play in which Davenport was injured. The latter hesitated at the line of scrimmage, however, and while he still made it to the end zone, the momentary pause cost him the rest of the season. Tim Davenport waited patiently for two years, played twice, and will play no more. Forget the return of Jim Curry, forget the fortune of Davenport's successor. For the time being, just remember Tim Davenport. That's all there...