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Harvard suffered its second last-minute defeat of the season Saturday, falling to Lehigh, 20-13, in front of 9,103 fans in Bethlehem, Pa. “To be perfectly honest, it doesn’t get more gut-wrenching than that,” head coach Tim Murphy said.After the Crimson (1-2, 1-0 Ivy) missed every opportunity to put the game away in the fourth quarter—including a blocked 26-yard field-goal attempt that sophomore Patrick Long simply kicked too low—senior quarterback Chris Pizzotti lined Harvard...
...allowed. Less than half as many total yards given up as the opposing defense. Fewer than half as many first downs, too.By any statistical measure, the Crimson defense played well enough to win in Saturday’s 20-13 loss to the Mountain Hawks, keeping the high-flying Lehigh offense out of the endzone all afternoon and only allowing two field goals. There was just one problem—the offense and the special teams each surrendered a touchdown.“It’s very surprising, that you win a football game and you don?...
Trailing 13-3, Harvard’s defense had finally registered a stop of the Lehigh offense after allowing a pair of field goals. Backed up on their own 20, the Mountain Hawks looked to be giving the Crimson solid field position for a drive to get back in the game. Instead, junior kicker/punter Jason Leo boomed a 66-yard punt that benefited from a generous roll and pinned Harvard inside its own 20 at the 14-yard line...
Leo’s only poor effort of the day, a 25-yard punt that gave the Crimson possession on the Lehigh 36-yard line, led to a field goal just before halftime that left Harvard down 13-6 at the break...
...Crimson will try to keep Threatt from making any big plays, and it will also attempt to prevent the Lehigh running backs from moving the ball. The Harvard defensive line struggled in the opener against Holy Cross, but responded last week by only giving up 49 yards on the ground...