Word: extra-point
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While the Crimson is accustomed to large half-time leads, its 14 points in the first quarter were out of character. Before Saturday’s game, Harvard had only scored 32 total first-quarter points through seven games....Freshman kicker Matt Schindel was lights-out on all five extra-point attempts as well as on a 32-yard field goal....Sophomore punter Clem McDavid, filling in for the injured Mike King, had a solid day as well, averaging 37.8 yards per punt....O’Neill now has as many touchdowns, two, as Edwards despite 39 fewer receptions...
...wasn’t inevitable, as it would have been a year ago. It should have been no surprise that cornerback Danny Tanner broke up quarterback Dan Shula’s two-point conversion try. Nor would it have been a shock to watch the Big Green push an extra-point effort wide under the same circumstances...
...first-half field goals, but Dartmouth marched into the endzone—for the only touchdown of the game—to tie the score in the third quarter. Desperately afraid of leading in a positive statistical category, the Big Green played it safe and shanked the extra-point attempt, pushing it well left...
This time around, Princeton caught all the breaks. The Tigers knotted the game at 20 apiece with a last-minute field-goal drive to force overtime. After blocking Columbia’s extra-point attempt, they converted their possession into a full seven points and escaped with a 27-26 victory...
While Schindel did convert on two extra points, the Crimson also missed two extra-point attempts, harkening fans back to the days when woeful Harvard kicking was a nagging concern...