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...Menick finished with 29 rushes for 167 yards and become only the third Harvard playerever to rush for over 2,000 career yards. Lastyear, Menick scored three touchdowns and ran 34times for 261 yards, the second-highest total inschool history, against Holy Cross...
...Menick's partner in crime from last year didn'tenjoy repeat success this year, however. Linden,who also ran for three touchdowns in 1997, waspulled at halftime after completing 5-of-10attempts for only 50 yards. He has struggled allyear and averaged only 106.5 passing yards pergame before Saturday. Linden, whose passing keptdefenses honest last year, has not been asaccurate and may have lost some zip on his passes...
After leading Harvard down to Holy Cross's11-yard line, Wilford rolled right until heappeared pinned against the sideline. He thenthrew a bullet back to the middle of thefield--normally a no-no. A diving Menick made thegrab as Wilford blew the ball past the linebackerin coverage for his first career touchdown pass...
...were just excited, and we had so muchconfidence in Brad," Menick said. "Brad was doinggreat all year in practice, and we saw it in hiseyes, we were just going to whup somebody, we wereconfident...
...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...