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...Although the Harvard defense would hold the team to a field goal, a botched fake punt by the Crimson led to another Tiger touchdown and a score of 17-7 at the end of the first quarter...
...After a 14-yard Princeton punt, the Crimson lined up with O’Hagan on the Tiger 29 and capitalized, as Dawson scored his first rushing touchdown of the day. But Princeton was not done...
...team rules, was brought in early in the second quarter to take over for junior Chris Pizzotti, who stuggled. Pizzotti was 4-of-9 passing for 46 yards, a touchdown and an interception. With Pizzotti under center, Harvard had managed just seven points, a touchdown after a blocked punt near the end of the first quarter that allowed the Crimson offense to start at the Princeton 20-yard line.“I just thought that [O’Hagan’s] combination of enthusiasm, mobility, and improvisational skills could give us a spark,” Murphy said...
...improvisational skills could give us a spark, and a dimension to our offense that we [didn’t] have [before].”The game got off to a quick start minus O’Hagan.After a three and out from both teams, the Crimson blocked its first punt in two years to set up a 20-yard screen pass to senior tailback Clifton Dawson with 3:32 gone in the first period.Dawson would not continue his success. Although he added his 53rd and 54th career rushing touchdowns to take over as the sole possessor of first...
...victory. This time, a number of bizarre special-teams plays were integral to the Harvard loss.“There are plenty of responsibilities, starting with me, to get some things fixed,” said Murphy after Saturday’s loss. An attempted fake punt turned ugly when the snap was high and the ensuing Rugby-esque scrum for the loose ball knocked the ball all the way back to the Crimson’s 12-yard line, where Princeton recovered it. The Tigers scored a touchdown three plays later.“A really good team...