Word: handoffs
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...Bulldogs had prevented the Crimson from maintaining its momentum right from the start when they forced the sure-handed Dawson into fumbling the ball inside the Yale five-yard line on the opening drive of the game. Dawson took the handoff and was on the verge of breaking the plane of the goaline before the ball slipped from his hands and was recovered by the Bulldogs...
...whose mix of speed and size have plagued Ivy defenses since his rookie season, who deserves the bulk of the credit for the yards he’s accumulated, most of which have come well past the line of scrimmage. With Harvard already ahead 28-7, Dawson took a handoff and slipped through a crease along the right side of the field. One Dartmouth defender appeared to have him wrapped up from behind, but Dawson shrugged him off before shaking a second would-be tackler and heading for the end zone 32 yards away. Dawson was no less...
...first possession, the Crimson’s turnover trouble reared its ugly head immediately. Junior kick returner Neil Sherlock promptly fumbled and recovered the opening kickoff. Then, on the first play from scrimmage, the usually sure-handed Clifton Dawson was unable to hang on to a sloppy handoff from sophomore quarterback Liam O’Hagan, fumbling for only the fifth time in his career but the third already this season. O’Hagan fell on the ball at the Harvard nine-yard-line to preserve the Crimson’s possession. It was short-lived. Two plays later...
...handoff to Dawson—almost instinctive on third-and-short situations—was nowhere to be found on Saturday. On a third-and-two attempt from the Lehigh seven-yard line, O’Hagan kept the ball, dropped back, and fired a strike to Graziani for a first-quarter interception...
...when he wasn’t beating Harvard with his arm, DiGiacomo’s legs were more than sufficient. Faking a handoff to Hartigan before tucking the ball and taking off untouched, DiGiacomo opened the scoring with a 53-yard dash to the goal line that stunned the Crimson defenders left in his wake...