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...accounts, the Crimson had no shot. But, once again, Harvard rose to the challenge, stuffing Bulldogs star Mike McLeod to the tune of just 50 yards on 20 carries, the third straight year the Crimson has held him under 100 yards. The defense, which let Yale passer Matt Polhemus run wild in Cambridge last season, held the shifty Yale quarterback to 39 total yards. And a team that was the most penalized in the Ivy League this season was flagged just twice for a grand total of 15 yards in its final game. It may not have wrapped...
...have a smile on my face for probably four weeks.”DEFENSE WINS... Senior leadership started on the defensive side of the ball.Although the Crimson registered just two official sacks, the Yale offensive line that had given up just eight all season watched senior quarterback Matt Polhemus get hit time after time. In arguably his best performance of the season, in his final game, Bagdis registered six tackles, including two and a half for a loss, one of which was a sack. Junior linebacker Eric Schultz contributed five tackles, one and a half for a loss...
...game. On defense, Harvard held Yale’s star running back Mike McLeod—who entered the game averaging 174 yards per outing—to 50 yards, stuffing all comparisons of McLeod to Clifton G. Dawson ’07. And Eli quarterback Matt Polhemus completed as many passes to Yale receivers as he did to Harvard defenders, allowing Steven K. Williams ’08 to set career and season marks for interceptions. Then there was the Harvard offense: Quarterback Christopher F. Pizzotti ’08 torched the Yale defense with 316 yards?...
...gameplan consisted of constant Harvard blitzes, whether the Bulldogs were running passing, a strategy that held senior quarterback Matt Polhemus to the worst performance of his career, a 2-of-18 passing day that yielded just 29 yards and as many interceptions as completions...
...when the team did get on the field, Yale was out of sync, as Polhemus had no success moving the ball after the big lead forced the ball out of McLeod’s hands...