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...Princeton past the Crimson 27-24, Harvard’s special teams unit provided the spark in its 42-14 win over Dartmouth (2-5, 1-3 Ivy) on Saturday at a snowy Harvard Stadium.Holding on to a 14-0 lead at the intermission, Harvard running back Clifton Dawson took the opening kickoff of the second half back 92 yards for a touchdown. Following a Big Green score that pulled it back within 14, the Crimson (4-3, 2-2) used three straight Dartmouth personal foul penalties to set itself up with a first-and-goal at the two?...
...chase, but history isn’t on its side. The last league crown to go to a two-loss team was 23 years ago in 1982. That year, Harvard, Dartmouth, and Penn shared the title. PRACTICE MAKES PERFECTMurphy admitted this week that junior running back Clifton Dawson had been battling an assortment of ailments that kept him out of practice throughout much of the season.Dawson had his best game of the season last week against the Tigers after his first full week of practice. The junior ran for two touchdowns and 203 yards—his first two hundred...
...absolute shootout, but the Quakers defense will leave the rest of the Ivy League disappointed. Penn survives on a final defensive stand. DARTMOUTH AT HARVARD (-7.5) The Crimson needs some help. A stretch against Dartmouth and Columbia might be just what the doctor ordered.Harvard running back Clifton Dawson broke the 200-yard barrier last weekend against Princeton and seemed to have shrugged off the injuries that hampered him over the previous four weeks. Quarterback Liam O’Hagan settled down, going two consecutive games without an interception and completing an efficient 11 passes in 16 attempts last Saturday.The...
...yards and a touchdown, even when the Harvard offensive line had trouble handling the Princeton pass rush. Significantly, he also finished his second game in a row without throwing an interception. After two weeks in which he played injured against defensive schemes targeted on stopping him, junior tailback Clifton Dawson returned to good form last week. This week, Dawson was back to being not just good, but to being Clifton Dawson.Saturday was yet another Dawson aristeia. After recovering last week, Dawson exploded for 203 yards and two touchdowns. About halfway through the third quarter, Dawson kept slamming downfield. After...
...early in the fourth quarter. Nearing the end of a 69-yard drive that had reached the Princeton five-yard line and facing a fourth-and-two, Murphy elected to go for the first down instead of kicking the game-tying field goal. On the 13th consecutive running play Dawson was stopped for no gain, and the Tigers took over.“We had such incredible momentum, they hadn’t come close to stopping us, and I also felt that their offense had been on the field so much and generated so much that we needed touchdowns...