Word: leading
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Fordham took over at the Crimson 36. Fordham quarterback Matt Georgia found receiver Gerry McDermott from four yards out on a lob pass to make it 37-17. Harvard began a string of five straight three-and-outs on offense, and Fordham continued to chip away at the lead...
That score came 4:56 into the first quarter and was followed 1:11 later by senior Terence Patterson's 55-yard punt return for a touchdown. Wilford then bulldozed his way for a 19-yard touchdown run 3:48 later for a commanding 21-0 lead. Menick was untouched on a four-yard touchdown run, and Patterson caught a five-yard touchdown with 31 seconds left in the half...
...Crimson gave back almost all of its lead, beginning with the first offensive play of the second half. Senior running back Chris Menick, who had 101 first-half rushing yards but only 38 in the second half, fumbled on his 20. Fordham recovered and scored to close...
...terrible during halftime, and it coughed up two crucial turnovers. Defensively, Harvard continued to show a lack of big-play ability in the secondary. Losing senior corner Kane Waller to a thigh injury didn't help, but the Crimson looks uncomfortable in nickel situations and tentative when protecting a lead. The defensive backs appear to play tight, which slows them down...
...seemed like an all-right plan at the time--Harvard did, after all, lead 34-3. To even the most casual observers, the Crimson (3-2, 1-1 Ivy) seemed well on its way to emasculating the hapless Rams in a second-half romp...