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...forte this season. Before Saturday, the Big Green was averaging just 66.5 yards rushing per contest, instead relying heavily on a passing game that led starting quarterback Charlie Rittgers to the second-best passing total in the Ivies, ahead of even Harvard’s Ryan Fitzpatrick...
...neither did it explain Harvard’s poor execution. Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick put up impressive numbers, completing 25 passes for 300 yards, but the only score was a 20-yard pass to wide receiver Brian Edwards in the Crimson’s more characteristically productive second quarter. Time and again, balls slipped through grasping fingers and passes fell inches short or long...
...Green—like all Harvard opponents—will have difficulty containing the Dawson-Fitzpatrick duo, but the Crimson will also have to contend with a talented quarterback. Dartmouth signal caller Charlie Rittgers torched the Harvard secondary for 344 yards and two touchdowns last season. This year, he has already tallied 1,409 passing yards...
...Even though the Dartmouth game last year was horrible, it was definitely a great lesson for us to take with us,” Fitzpatrick said. “Lucky for those of us who went through it last year, we’re going to get another chance at it, and I think it gives us that much more focus this week...
...focus much more than usual. A 34-point effort against Cornell was Harvard’s lowest output of the season, and the prolific Crimson offense—which rolled up 416 yards against Princeton—has found a perfect balance at the perfect time. And the Dawson-Fitzpatrick duo has proved harder to contain as the season has progressed, despite opposing defenses’ preparation...