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...best performances of the year, posting the shutout and allowing only one shot on goal the entire game. “Coach was telling us all week that we need to make a statement, win big, and keep a shutout,” said co-captain and forward Matt Hoff. The Crimson responded well to the outpouring of support on the sidelines, where the crowd was heavily clad in crimson and kept Harvard’s enthusiasm alive throughout the game.“The whole team came with the mentality to really play well and step...
...have a smile on my face for probably four weeks.”DEFENSE WINS... Senior leadership started on the defensive side of the ball.Although the Crimson registered just two official sacks, the Yale offensive line that had given up just eight all season watched senior quarterback Matt Polhemus get hit time after time. In arguably his best performance of the season, in his final game, Bagdis registered six tackles, including two and a half for a loss, one of which was a sack. Junior linebacker Eric Schultz contributed five tackles, one and a half for a loss...
...passing efficiency, Pizzotti threw career-highs of 27 completions and four touchdowns on his way to 316 yards in the air. His first touchdown pass came just a minute after the start of The Game. Pizzotti’s 40-yard throw connected seamlessly with sophomore wide receiver Matt Luft to score the first six points of the eventual rout of Yale. “To actually go out and execute on the first drive and have some pretty easy success was very important to our confidence,” Pizzotti said. “It was an obvious confidence...
Junior defensive tackle Matt Curtis was named the captain of the 2008 Harvard football team last night at the Crimson’s annual awards dinner, marking the fourth straight defensive player to assume the captain’s role. He succeeds senior defensive end Brad Bagdis as Harvard’s captain. “I can’t begin to explain how overcome by emotion I feel right now,” Curtis said after being announced. A number of other awards were also given out at the dinner. Senior cornerback John Hopkins won the Robert...
...element of the game. On defense, Harvard held Yale’s star running back Mike McLeod—who entered the game averaging 174 yards per outing—to 50 yards, stuffing all comparisons of McLeod to Clifton G. Dawson ’07. And Eli quarterback Matt Polhemus completed as many passes to Yale receivers as he did to Harvard defenders, allowing Steven K. Williams ’08 to set career and season marks for interceptions. Then there was the Harvard offense: Quarterback Christopher F. Pizzotti ’08 torched the Yale defense with...