Word: digiacomo
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Like last year, Brown grabbed an advantage early in the game, racking up big gains on play-action. With All-American running back Nick Hartigan the Crimson’s defense’s number-one target, quarterback Joe DiGiacomo was left free to find receiver Jarrett Schreck in single coverage. Which he did, as usual, with success—the longtime Harvard-killer had nine catches for a whopping 223 yards and two scores...
With Brown up 32-25 on a 34-yard touchdown pass from DiGiacomo to Schreck, Harvard took over on its own 18-yard line with 4:03 remaining in the game. A pair of rushes by Dawson got the Crimson to the Harvard 29, but not without a casualty. Junior wide receiver Corey Mazza went down with an injured ankle after getting tangled up with Dawson as the tailback dove for the first down in traffic, and had to be helped off the field...
Schreck and his quarterback, Joe DiGiacomo, were the primary beneficiaries of Harvard’s stop-the-run-first defensive strategy, which packed eight and even nine defenders into the box while leaving the Bears’ wide receivers in single coverage. More often than not, the Crimson’s cornerbacks simply weren’t up to the task, allowing the speedy Schreck to gain separation before bringing in first-down catches, highlighted by a perfectly executed 42-yard touchdown strike down the right sideline...
...capitalized on Harvard’s Hartigan fixation with a mix of misdirection and play action, which regularly rendered the bulk of the Crimson’s defensive corps out of position to land a tackle on the actual ball carrier or defend a downfield pass. Bears quarterback Joe DiGiacomo passed for 141 yards in the first quarter alone, 83 of them coming on one long touchdown pass over the top of the secondary...
...when he wasn’t beating Harvard with his arm, DiGiacomo’s legs were more than sufficient. Faking a handoff to Hartigan before tucking the ball and taking off untouched, DiGiacomo opened the scoring with a 53-yard dash to the goal line that stunned the Crimson defenders left in his wake...