Word: lindens
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Menick's performance, Linden's benching,Wilford's emergence and the end-of-game dramaobscured Harvard's defense in the second half,when it held Holy Cross to 73 total yards. Afterstruggling to contain the Crusaders' option attackearly (26 first-half rushes for 107 yards), theCrimson didn't allow a first down in the thirdquarter and ended the game with five sacks. HolyCross had possession for 18:09 of the first halfbut ended with only...
OvertimeHar--Menick, 16 run, 0:00.Rushing: HC--Chambers 19-57, Kives 15-38,Coleman 1-20, Walz 2-10, Thompson 2-6, Aloisi 1-5,TOTAL 40-136; Har--Menick 29-171, Wilford 7-17,Patterson 1-12, Linden 7-6, Nwokocha 2-2, TOTAL46-204.Passing: HC--Kives 30-16-0 (123), Boland1-0-0, Chambers 1-0-0, TOTAL--32-16-0;Har--Wilford 16-10-0 (98), Linden 10-5-0 (50),TOTAL 26-15-0 (148).Receiving: HC--Chambers 3-17, Hall 3-30,Thompson 3-16, Andrews 2-24, Green 2-12, Aloisi1-4, Bestpitch...
Harvard had a chance to take back the lead after recovering a fumble deep in Lehigh territory in the fourth quarter, but Menick's personal foul forced Harvard into a passing situation, and Linden threw an interception to end Harvard's chances...
...first half, the offense struggled. Junior quarterback Rich Linden completed five passes for 50 yards. Still, Menick was the anchor of Harvard's lone scoring drive, running for 34 yards on four carries. He wove through the Crusader defense for the final 18 yards of the drive and his first touchdown of the season. But Menick and the Crimson failed to establish the ground game and held possession for only 11:51 of the first 30 minutes before heading into the locker room deadlocked with Holy Cross...
When junior quarterback Brad Wilford replaced Linden to open the second half, the Crimson went to the passing game. But Menick still got in the action, wrapping up an 11-yard bullet from Wilford for his second score of the day. Once Wilford had established himself as a passing threat, Harvard Coach Tim Murphy returned to the ground game to eat up the clock and nurse his 14-7 lead. Menick ran 20 times for 122 yards after halftime...