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...when Wilford was receiving stitches in his forehead during the Dartmouth game, Linden came in for a series and threw a touchdown pass. But Wilford returned, stitches and all, and Linden was again relegated to a mop-up role in the fourth quarter. Throw in a quick series in the season opener against Columbia, and you find a shockingly paltry season for the senior quarterback that led Harvard to a league title...
...happen. When the pocket broke down and there were no open receivers, Linden could scramble across the field and pick up a scrap of positive yardage. Sometimes he may have tried a little too hard--no one will ever forget his heartbreaking fumble that set Yale up for the game-winning field goal in The Game last year--but he was never faulted for his agility and athleticism...
...Unless something wild happens this week, Wilford will be the one to lead the charges against Yale the final game of his career this Saturday in New Haven. Linden will watch from the sidelines as he always does--helmet on his head, football tucked under his arm, and close to Murphy's side. With Harvard mathematically eliminated from the title hunt, it's probable that Rich Linden will graduate without any meaningful football memories from his senior year...
...From there, his memories zoom forward to 1997--the undefeated season. Linden set the school record for total offense in a season with 2,308 yards. He notched five consecutive 200-yard games, including a career-high 272 yards against Holy Cross. The most memorable game of his career, he says, was the title-clinching victory against Penn...
...game was highly touted as the two top teams in the league going head to head, and we just pounded them," he says. "The game was over midway through the third quarter." Harvard won that game, and clinched the title too, by a score...