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With one final plunge into the darkness on the left side, Clifton Dawson simultaneously pushed Yale and the 2005 Harvard football season into history. The Nov. 19 triple-overtime victory on the Crimson’s greatest stage was an emphatic conclusion to a late-season surge through injuries and turnovers that helped Harvard finish second to surprise league champion Brown.Just three days later, as has long been the custom for the Crimson’s squad, it was announced at the team’s end-of-season banquet that linebacker Matt Thomas had won a close election...
...felt great,” says senior tailback Clifton Dawson after rushing for 170 yards in his first regular season game on the surface. “It felt fast, and I personally thank the Harvard athletic department for installing a great surface...
...It’s a much faster surface,” Dawson says. “You feel faster, you feel confident in your footing, and those are things that are important as a running back. When you know that, hey, when I make a cut I’m not going to slip or anything like that, it just gives you more confidence to do those things...
...similarly for all three running backs,” Berg said. “They all have similar running styles, none of them are night and day, but all three are still very strong, very capable running backs.”Also highly capable is senior running back Clifton Dawson, whose 170 yards last week paced the Crimson. Dawson opened up room for sophomore quarterback Jeff Witt to complete seven of 13 passes for 126 yards and a score in Harvard’s 31-14 win against Holy Cross.“When Jeff goes in, we have touchdown...
...quarterback? No problem. Another quarterback? Doesn’t matter. For Clifton Dawson, it was just another day at the office. The senior running back racked up 170 rushing yards on a day when Harvard gave a pair of quarterbacks the first significant game action of their careers. Dawson had just nine yards on three carries in the first quarter with junior Chris Pizzotti under center and Harvard’s pass-first offense working at full speed. But Pizzotti’s efficient 10-for-13, 126-yard debut was spoiled early in the second quarter when he went...