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...seconds remaining. Onside kick. Harvard recovers, quickly drives down the field. Three seconds remaining, eight yard line. On the final play, Gatto catches touchdown pass for the score. Down two, no time remaining. Two point conversion successful, game ends in 29-29 tie. Both Harvard and Yale finish with identical 8-0-1 records...
...Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown and Penn, all teams that had beaten the Crimson the year before. It was the best performance that the Crimson had put together since the 1919 Rose Bowl season. But last year, the team faltered with the same offensive core, failing to win crucial games and finishing meekly to a 4-6 finish. This year, same story, though thanks to a 5-2 start, the team can still finish with a winning record with a victory in New Haven, not to mention play spoiler to Yale's championship aspirations...
...usually play about 9 a.m. on the morning of the game," McClelland explains. "It's nice--after we finish we just go the football game...
...team has been on a roll, winning eight games in a row to post its longest winning streak since 1981. After a dismal 1-9 record in Coach Jack Siedlicki's first season at Yale in 1997, the Bulldogs showed vast improvement last year in going 6-4 to finish tied for second in the Ivy League. Siedlicki now looks to take the next step, with his team at 8-1 and poised to take a share of the league title...
Last year the Crimson defeated both Penn and Princeton, 5-4 in the regular season. However, it fell to Princeton by the same score in the Howe Cup finals. Harvard has dropped an additional spot in the rankings from last year's finish due to the graduation of four seniors from last year's squad. But if the Ivy preseason scrimmages are any indication, the Crimson will be just as competitive as ever...