Word: downfield
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...With the Crimson facing third-and-30 on its next possession, a Wilford bomb thrown 50 yards downfield was intercepted by Brown cornerback Melvin Justice and returned all the way back to the Crimson 18-yard-line. The Bear offense scored off the turnover, and Harvard was unable to come back despite driving into the red zone on its next two possessions. The final Crimson drive ended in a Wilford interception, the team's sixth turnover of the game...
...Weaknesses in the secondary have permitted quarterbacks to nickel-and-dime their way to victory, gaining five to ten yards at a time and slowly working their way downfield...
...Equally dangerous downfield are senior wideout Jake Fuller and junior wideout Tommy McNamara...
Carson had stop-and-go'd senior Kane Waller 15 yards downfield and was three yards behind him when Hoffman threw the ball. Waller recovered but had his back turned the whole way and never saw the ball...
With senior wide receiver Terence Patterson and tight-end Chris Eitzmann leading a deep receiver corps, Harvard should be able to create match-up advantages downfield...