Word: halfbacks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Brown topped Pennsylvania 58-51 in the final minute, and the teams set a new single-game scoring record in the process. Harvard needed a halfback pass in the fourth quarter and a missed field goal by the League's best kicker to pull out the first road win in the history of Princeton Stadium...
Trailing 19-16 with 14:22 to play in the fourth quarter, Murphy called a halfback pass for junior running back Chris Menick from the Princeton 41-yard line...
...drama continued in overtime, when Harvard won the toss and elected to go second. In the college format, teams start first-and-10 on the opposition's 25-yard line. Holy Cross attempted a halfback option pass on the first play, but Harvard's secondary didn't bite...
Penn's first play showed that Harvard's opponents know they can't score conventionally on Harvard. Penn tried a halfback pass, but Finn's duck wobbled incomplete into the mud of Harvard Stadium...
...series is indicative of the frustrated, sloppy and desperate manner in which Penn played the game. After mishandling the fundamental kickoff return, the Quakers tried a gimmicky, deceptive halfback pass. That play having failed, the Harvard defense could not help but believe that it was facing a somewhat worried opponent grasping for straws before the game even started...