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After its first three games, the Crimson was 0-3 and Menick had rushed for 151 yards in 35 attempts, with one game missed because of hand and ankle injuries. The last two games--both Harvard wins--Menick carried the ball 68 times for 347 yards. But Saturday's 20-14 overtime victory over Holy Cross showed just how much of an impact Menick has on the fortunes of the Crimson...
Against the Crusaders, Menick scored all three Harvard touchdowns en route to joining Eion Hu '97 and Vic Gatto '69 as the only backs in school history to rush for more than 2,000 career yards. He scored on the ground, he scored through the air and he scored in overtime. But he also had two fumbles in the second half, giving the Crusaders the chance they needed to tie the game. Menick's play dictated the momentum of the game...
...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...
However, Harvard did not send the Crusaders back to Worcester when it had the chance. In the fourth quarter, Menick had two big runs for 19 and 20 yards, respectively, as the Crimson drove to the Holy Cross 7-yard line. Even a chip-shot field goal would have forced Holy Cross to score twice in less than seven minutes...