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Harvard's best chance to escape the zero columncame on Maher's opening kickoff return. The splitend motored across midfield, but a desperatetackle by 145-lb. Dartmouth kicker Dennis Durkinsaved the touchdown. Four plays later, Dartmouthtook over on downs, and the puntathon wasunderway...
Scoring Leaders or Tackles Leaders?: One result of all this defensive celebrations in the end zone has been a very surprising scoring leaderboard for the Crimson. Following kicker Scott Johnson (34 points) and halfback Andy Bell (18) are junior running back Matt Johnson (12), Reddinger (12) and Gordian (8), who also registered a safety against Fordham...
...performance does not necessarily a memory make. Memories are made by one play--often a game-deciding one. And Harvard football players will remember Cornell safety Gerry Willinger and kicker Matthew Hepfer, not McNiff, when they think of "what could have been" or how "this one got away...
...difficult thing is when the defense is getting tired, it's hard to pump them up," Gordian said. "In that situation, we needed to make a big play. The ball's down on the 15-yard line and they have a good field goal kicker. So, it wasn't enough just to stop them there. We had to get the ball or sack them, get them out of field goal range...
...Saddam and weaken his military might bring a host of nasty repercussions, including seething Arab resentment against the U.S. "imperialists" and their ruling Arab cohorts, a radical Shi'ite takeover of Iraq and the weakening of Iraq as a military counter to Iran and Syria. The pragmatists added a kicker -- probably wishful: just forcing Saddam out of Kuwait would humiliate him so badly that it might lead to his overthrow. Said Bush last week: "It wouldn't disappoint me if the Iraqis got up and said, 'Look, this man is our problem.' " But he stopped short of setting that down...