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...that Harvard’s Ivy League dominance is a thing of last season.Clifton Dawson’s performance, however, was a refreshing blast from the past.The Tigers were able to contain the All-American junior tailback in the fourth quarter when it counted—keeping him from the endzone and the go-ahead score on fourth-and-two at the five-yard line—but not before Dawson racked up 203 yards and two touchdowns. The Payton Award candidate, who has been hampered by nagging injuries since the second week in the season, carried 35 times...
...final lead, and barely missed worse?“The previous kick return, we were only one block away from having the same thing happen,” Hughes said.Wasn’t it pretty unbelievable that the Crimson went for a rush up the gut on fourth-and-two from the Princeton five-yard line? “We had such incredible momentum. They hadn’t come close to stopping us,” Murphy said. “We needed touchdowns, not field goals.”There were times when the game was like...
...Despite all the mistakes, it seemed Harvard had righted the ship in the second half. After trailing 9-3 and then 17-10, the Crimson closed the gap to 20-17 early in the fourth quarter. Nearing the end of a 69-yard drive that had reached the Princeton five-yard line and facing a fourth-and-two, Murphy elected to go for the first down instead of kicking the game-tying field goal. On the 13th consecutive running play Dawson was stopped for no gain, and the Tigers took over.“We had such incredible momentum, they...
Mistakes on special teams and questionable decisions on the field led Harvard to a 27-24 loss to Princeton at Harvard Stadium on Saturday. The defeat was the first to the Tigers since 1995. Trailing 20-17 early in the fourth quarter, the Crimson drove to the Princeton five-yard line, where they faced fourth-and-two. Instead of kicking the game-tying field goal, Harvard coach Tim Murphy elected to go for the first down. On the 13th consecutive running play of the drive, junior running back Clifton Dawson was stopped for no gain, and the Tigers took over...
Down 10-0, Harvard's defense turned the gamearound on a forced fumble at its own 26. TheCrimson then marched down the field on anine-play, 74-yard touchdown drive that included apair of clutch conversions, on a third-and-nine atthe Harvard 27 and a fourth-and-two at the Brown15...