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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...
...Gordon knew before the game that he would play a major role in the contest’s final outcome and credited the offensive line for much of his success...
...This week coach challenged us to run the ball,” Gordon said. “He said, ‘if we run the ball well, we’ll win the game.’ Everybody stepped up on the offense, the offensive line, they stepped up, they had huge holes, and I pretty much just ran through them...
...Crimson’s best offensive weapon, who had only 80 carries for 410 yards on the season going into the game, had split his rushing duties with multiple other backs this season before displaying his prowess all over the field on Sunday. Gordon outperformed a potent Yale offense, outgaining the entire Bulldog squad by better than two to one. Yale tailback Mike McLeod, the reigning Ivy League Player of the Year, was supposed to be the best back on the field, but Gordon proved otherwise, besting his counterpart by over 100 yards and almost 1.5 more yards per carry...
...Gordon did not turn the ball over once and led the Crimson to a dominating hold over the clock. The Elis, who did not get the ball until there were three minutes and twenty-five seconds left in the first quarter, found themselves chasing Harvard the entire game thanks to Gordon’s early touchdown...