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...contain the All-American junior tailback in the fourth quarter when it counted—keeping him from the endzone and the go-ahead score on fourth-and-two at the five-yard line—but not before Dawson racked up 203 yards and two touchdowns. The Payton Award candidate, who has been hampered by nagging injuries since the second week in the season, carried 35 times as the Crimson focused its offensive efforts towards a running attack, throwing the ball just 16 times.“The offensive line really did a great job today...
...Green’s defense seems too good to keep Holy Cross—and newly enshrined Payton Award watch member, running back Steve Silva—from putting up more than 24 points. It’s just hard to get the separation necessary to cover such a big spread in a low-scoring game...
...Despite back-to-back weeks in which he failed to reach 100 yards rushing, junior tail back Clifton Dawson remains on the second installment of the Payton Award watch list that was released this week...
...PAYTON AWARD STILL WATCHING
...didn’t do that.”MAYBE NEXT YEARAfter two straight weeks of sub-par rushing performances—39 yards this week after 59 yards against Lehigh—sophomore running back Clifton Dawson’s chances at the Payton Award, given to the best offensive player in Division I-AA, have gone from slim to none. Saturday, the All-American back carried the ball 24 times and had a late touchdown, but was driven back from the line of scrimmage time and again by a stingy Cornell defense that has always seemed to have...