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...game,’” Gordon said after the game. “The offensive line, they stepped up, they had huge holes, and I pretty much just ran through them all day.”Once again, Harvard was anchored by its defense, which held Yale scoreless on seven straight snaps inside the 10-yard line late in the fourth quarter to preserve the 10-0 victory and the championship. With the departure of such a talented class of 2009, it seems like an era of Crimson football is coming to a close. But fittingly, the seniors...
...opening round of the NCAA Tournament pitted Harvard against cross-town rival Northeastern. The Crimson held a 2-1 lead in the second half, but the Huskies went on to win the game in penalty kicks...
Despite the rough patch that Harvard hit midseason with a five-game losing streak, the Crimson players held their heads up and continued to push through until the last minutes of their season...
...win—amidst very stormy conditions—at No. 20 Princeton on Oct. 25 moved Harvard into first place in the league. Jumping ahead with a pair of goals in the first six minutes, the Crimson kept its focus through a 70-minute postponement and held off a desperate Tiger offense to clinch...
...league play came to a close, Harvard found itself tied with Columbia and Princeton with a conference record of 4-1-1. A dramatic double-overtime win over the Lions gave Harvard its eighth league title. Both defenses held strong until, with nine seconds left in the second extra period, All-Ivy First-Team defender Lizzy Nichols snapped the 1-1 tie, nailing a penalty kick in front of a raucous home crowd...