Word: drives
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...drive began with an incomplete pass. Senior running back Chris Menick barreled through a huge hole in the middle for a 17-yard run. He tested the middle again for only one, and then the Crimson threw incomplete to set up third-and-9 at the Princeton...
Still not in field goal position because it was going against a 25 mph wind, Harvard gave it to Menick twice for six yards. He then broke up the middle on a cutback to the Princeton 9 for a first down on third-and-4. Before the drive, the Crimson was 2-of-12 on third down conversions, but Harvard found a way to execute when it mattered...
...usual, Harvard's defense stood strong, stiffening whenever Princeton got close and holding the Tigers to only 73 rushing yards on 33 attempts, a 2.2 average. It made a couple of costly drive-prolonging penalties in each of Princeton's scoring drives, but Murphy gave the defense the credit...
...Princeton goalkeeper entirely ignored a long-range drive from Sarles, presuming that it would go wide, only to have the shot hit the post...
...Unfortunately, Sarles' shot, like Harvard's season, was just off the mark and the drive deflected off the post wide...