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That was the first of a series of keythird-quarter plays that turned the game inBrown's favor. Dean's forced fumble was one of ateam-high 10 tackles for him, and it marked aquick departure from Linden's productivefirst-half performance, in which he completed 11of 14 passes for 84 yards...
...Linden drove Harvard to the Brown 11-yard linethanks to a 22-yard pass to senior receiver JakeHeller and a 10-yard personal foul against theBears. But a Brown sack pushed Harvard back to the16-yard line. Two plays later, Heller had a stepon his man in the end zone and Linden deliveredthe pass, but the Brown defensive back recoveredto turn away Harvard's best chance of the game atscoring a touchdown...
...Linden led the team in rushing with 55 yards,all of which came in the first half. He spent mostof the second half on his back; he was sacked fivetimes for a loss of 34 yards. Nwokocha had a10-yard run but netted one yard on his three othercarries. Senior running back Troy Jones made hisfirst appearance of the year after a preseasoninjury and rushed twice for one yard. Juniorfullback Damon Jones also returned from apreseason injury for limited action, but he didnot touch the ball...
...addition to leading the Crimson rushingattack, Linden had a respectable afternoon throughthe air. He completed 16 of 26 passes for 147yards and no interceptions. In three trips intothe Brown red zone, however, Linden and theoffense could not reach the end zone against theaggressive Bear defense...
...definitely had our chances but we missedsome opportunities," Linden said. "We had goodplays called and we just didn't execute, and whenwe couldn't get in the end zone early on thatchanged the complexion of the game...