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...difference in the game turned out to be point-after conversions. Princeton kicker Taylor Northrop, who had already hit a game-tying 52-yard field goal at Harvard, was unable to kick either of his two extra-point attempts. That meant Princeton had to make a two-point conversion to tie the game after scoring its final touchdown. But Princeton's pass to the end zone was incomplete, securing the Yale victory and placing the Bulldogs one win away from their first Ivy title in ten years...
...Menick, who rushed for a season-high 165 yards on 27 carries, the Crimson led the Tigers 6-3 late in the fourth quarter. But then a 52-yard, wind-aided field goal by Princeton kicker Taylor Northrop with 3:32 left tied the game. On its next possession, led by Menick's rushing, the Crimson drove down to the one-foot-line with seven seconds left. On the last play, Harvard Coach Tim Murphy chose to let Wilford run a sneak instead of allowing Giampaolo to attempt a field goal. The gamble paid off, as Wilford made...
...Crimson, however, is still far from perfect. Penalties continue to plague Harvard this year, and even though kicker Mike Giampaolo connected on all nine of his extra-point...
...Cornell stormed back to take the lead at the half. Junior receiver Joe Splendorio made the first of his two touchdown catches and senior kicker John McCombs added a 23-yard field goal...
...sometimes seem to diss him in class, Yates sees them as simply being comfortable enough to be themselves. At times they stay after class for advice, a measure of his influence. One afternoon in the counseling office, he saw Patrick Velten, a senior who plays soccer and is the kicker on the varsity football team, looking up colleges Yates says the teen couldn't pronounce. Knowing Pat's grades, Yates suggested, gently, that he consider the Navy or the Coast Guard and discuss it with his father. The next day, Pat stopped by to say he'd looked into...