Word: gino
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...game of close calls and critical mistakes, there was one consistent presence in the backfield that Harvard could rely on. Sophomore running back Gino Gordon carried the Crimson on his back, rushing for 168 yards on 39 attempts, en route to Harvard’s second straight victory over the Yale Bulldogs and 13th Ivy League Championship. Gordon added two receptions for 19 yards and scored the lone touchdown in the 125th matchup between the heated rivals...
...compliment to the offensive line, when the defense knows you’re going to have to run the ball just because of the wind conditions, it’s a huge asset when you have those guys up front coming off the ball and making holes for Gino...
Harvard’s running game, the weaker point of the offense all season, became the focal point on Saturday and responded with a masterful performance spearheaded by sophomore Gino Gordon. Gordon finished with 39 carries for 168 yards—career highs in both—and the lone touchdown of the contest. The Crimson’s 261 rushing yards were its second-highest total of the season and roughly double the team’s 130.3 rushing yards per game average. Senior quarterback Chris Pizzotti, who showed progressively more mobility as the season wore on, finished with...
...that’s what it takes.”And besides 2004, it has never been a dominating character. This year alone, half of Harvard’s games have been decided by four points or less. On Saturday, it took the hardest running of Gino Gordon’s short career and a few lucky bounces—literally—just to get the Crimson in the end zone once. And it took six consecutive stops on a goal-line stand late in the fourth quarter to prevent the surprisingly resilient Bulldogs from ruining the storybook ending...
...heart—bolstered by last year’s Ivy League Player of the Year Mike McLeod—and the best run defense in the league, the conditions seemed to tip the scales in Yale’s favor. But a workmanlike performance from Crimson sophomore Gino Gordon and a dominating effort from Harvard’s front seven never even gave the Bulldogs a real chance.Harvard established a run game early, as the offensive line created huge holes for the sophomore to run through on eight of the Crimson’s first 12 plays from scrimmage.But...