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After marching 63 yards to the Harvard five-yard line, Brady threw to the endzone, only to watch the ball again fall into the hands of the Harvard defense. Freshman defensive back Steve Williams downed the ball in the endzone, keeping Northeastern scoreless in the second half...
...Though Northeastern prevented Dawson from breaking one of his characteristic 70-plus-yard touchdown bursts—he came close only once, dragged down while attempting to split two defensive backs after a 24-yard gain—the Huskies lacked the dominance at the line of scrimmage exhibited by Cornell one week earlier. Frequently taking handoffs out of the shotgun via the halfback draw, Dawson ground his way through the front four and into the linebacking corps for four or five yards at a time to balance the Crimson passing attack...
Thanks to three fumbles and pair of lousy punts, the Crimson started inside Northeastern territory on five separate occasions, subsequently scoring 13 points on the three series engineered by the first string. And on the three kickoffs Harvard received, returns of over 20 yards by Brian Edwards, Ryan Tyler and Corey Waller, respectively, assured solid field position...
...Huskies, on the other hand, took over past midfield just twice, on average beginning at their own 29-yard line. Though the Crimson again struggled on its kickoffs, junior punter Mike King frequently pinned Northeastern deep, lofting each of his three attempts inside the 20-yard line, two of which were downed inside...
...Crimson cashed in on each of its seven trips to the red zone, racking up five touchdowns while booting two field goals. Northeastern was not nearly so efficient, twice pushing the ball past the goal line in the first two quarters before coming away empty handed in its two second-half attempts...