Word: ferrara
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...yards against Yale were good enough for Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week honors, but that rushing statistic doesn't tell half of the story. Hu powered the ball into the end zone on The Drive, the now-famous come-from-behind effort that quarterback Vin Ferrara engineered in the final 1:39 of The Game on Saturday...
Trailing 9-7, Harvard began the second half with the ball on its own 35-yard line. After a nine-yard pass from Ferrara to sophomore wide-out Colby Skelton, Hu carried the ball 13 yards on second-and-one to the Eli 43-yard line...
Then, on the subsequent first down, Harvard's offensive line opened up a gaping hole, enabling Hu to drive ahead for a 17-yard gain to the Yale 26. Two Ferrara incompletions sand-wiched around a Hu four-yard gain set up a Ryan Korinke 40-yard field goal--only his second of the season. The seven-play drive, 42-yard drive put the Crimson back on top, 10-9, with 12:07 to play in the third quarter...
...picked up one first down, behind the strong running of Hu. But on third down and seven from the Harvard 41, Ferrara forced an ill advised pass into double coverage which was picked off by Eli defensive back Mark Wallrapp and returned to the Crimson eight-yard line...
...play later, Ferrara's Yale counterpart scampered into the end zone for a touchdown. Following the Hetherington eight-yard run, Yale missed its second point-after attempt of the game and had to settle for a 15-10 lead...