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...weekend’s Harvard-Princeton showdown. Both 5-0, Harvard and Princeton will face each other as undefeated squads for the first time since 1946. Not since 1922 have the teams met with marks of 5-0 or better.OFF-FENSEDespite guiding his team to victory, junior quarterback Chris Pizzotti was far from perfect: both his execution and his accuracy left coaches with something to be desired.His numbers were more than deceiving.The play-caller put up 210 yards and two touchdowns, as nine different receivers caught passes.But after completing 54 percent of his passes in his first three starts, Pizzotti...
Harvard’s last non-conference game of the season was the setting of its most lackluster offensive performance. Junior quarterback Chris Pizzotti completed only 17 of his 40 pass attempts for 210 yards, throwing just one interception but coming dangerously close at least once more. He did connect on two touchdowns, however, and together with another typically strong effort from Clifton Dawson and a defense that gave up just 240 total yards, it was enough for the Crimson to win handily...
...fact, the only touchdown the Harvard defense gave up on Saturday followed an offensive miscue. Driving deep from within the Crimson’s own territory, Pizzotti threw an interception that Leopard defensive back Justin Stovall took back 12 yards to the Crimson 22-yard line. Four plays later, Lafayette quarterback Brad Maurer hit Jonathan Hurt in the endzone for a 10-yard score, putting the Leopards up 7-0 with 8:09 to play in the opening frame. Asked what frustrated the offense most on Saturday, Pizzotti cited himself...
That defense failed to stop the Crimson on the possession following the Leopards’ score, when Pizzotti, aided by a Lafayette personal foul penalty and key catches from junior Corey Mazza and freshman Matt Luft, marched Harvard down the field before finding senior tight end Matt Farbotko in the back of the endzone for a three-yard touchdown...
...said. “So, with two weeks to prepare for us, realizing this is kind of a pivotal point in our season, we think we’re going to have a tiger by the tail similar to what we had at Lehigh.”The Chris Pizzotti- led offense Crimson’s offense, ranked fifth overall in the nation, will go up against a Leopard defense that has allowed an average of 28 points per game its last three times out.But despite Harvard’s advantage at nearly every position, nobody is taking the game...