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...turned on the jets, and outraced a couple of Big Green defenders, taking it all the way to the Dartmouth 19 before being hauled down. Harvard couldn't bring it home though, and called on kicker Mike Lynch. Lynch split the uprights with a 17 yarder, and that was the game, 24-10. Incidentally, Lynch was perfect once again on Saturday, 3 for 3 PAT's plus the field goal. Charlie Brickley, move over...
Under the guidance of quarterback John Crumpler, Harvard scored on a two-yard plunge by halfback Boone. kicker Gary Bosnic split the uprights on the PAT for a 7-7 halftime deadlock...
Mike Lynch does not exactly evoke any memories of former Harvard kicking greats Charlie Brickley (1912-14), Richie Szaro (1968-70) or Bruce Tetirick (1971-73). Nor does he spawn any comparisons with Brown's present kicker Jose Violante, who is threatening to break Brickley's New England career field goal record...
Lynch is not exactly closing in on Brickley, unless you call one field goal and counting as "closing in." And Tetirick's position as the top Harvard scorer by kicking 116 points (16 field goals and 68 PATs) is hardly threatened by the present Harvard kicker...
...Exeter, where he was both quarterback and place kicker, Lynch booted a 48-yard field goal. He does not lack the skill to be a successful kicker...