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...pathway to his three touchdowns was made much easier by some highly favorable field position. Two of his touchdowns came on drives in or near Crimson territory, including an eight-yard score on a drive lasting all of one play.That came thanks to a botched, seven-yard punt by junior kicker Matt Schindel from the Harvard one-yard line, a gaff that gave the Bulldogs by far their shortest field of the afternoon. Schindel also pooched the opening kick of the second half out of bounds in a short-lived stint as kickoff specialist, a spot that was quickly retaken...
Already leading 20-7, Yale ended what little suspense was left early in the fourth quarter by taking advantage of one of its many short-field opportunities. After a sack of Pizzotti pinned Harvard at its own 3-yard line junior punter Matt Schindel muffed his attempted punt out of bounds, where the ball was whistled out at the 8. On the next play McLeod, who finished the season as the leading Ivy rusher, took a handoff and ran around right tackle into the end zone, giving Yale a 27-7 lead...
...fourth quarter, the then-No. 24 Tigers had been trailing, 28-24, with the Harvard defense strangling a gasping Princeton drive. At last, on third and four from the Tigers’ 39-yard-line, Tanner broke up a Jeff Terrell pass to force a punt...
...Harvard’s offensive stagnancy may have been due in part to four turnovers and an untimely, untouched safety, but part of the reason the Crimson had so much trouble moving the ball was the leg of Quaker punter Anthony Melillo. His per-punt average of 36.8 yards won’t turn any heads, but it was his precision at the game’s key moments that killed many of Harvard’s best chances at climbing out of its second-half hole...
...showed, as Melillo’s punt with 11:38 to play in the fourth quarter made the Crimson start its first drive of the final frame inside the team’s own one-yard line...