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...against Northeastern in the fourth quarter on Oct. 19, Harvard attempted a throwback pass after sophomore quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick pitched the ball to Morris. The play was good for a first down, but was called back due to a holding penalty, and forced the Crimson to eventually punt...
...Stopping the fake [punt] against Columbia, which could have been a momentum changer, was a big play,” said Harvard special teams coach Tim Weaver...
Down just 14-7, the Lions tried to run a fake punt for a much- needed first down. But junior cornerback Chris Raftery read the play well and tackled Columbia punter Nick Rudd before he could get back to the line of scrimmage. The big defensive stop gave the momentum back to the Crimson, who took advantage of the great field position and scored again in just six plays...
...ball long and pooch it out-of-bounds inside the twenty yard-line. Sophomores Rodney Byrnes and Gary Sonkur have the ability to return a kick for a touchdown—Byrnes already returned one for an 89-yard score against Cornell. Morris, who has never met a punt he hasn’t wanted to return, is always dangerous with the ball in hands despite his nerve-wracking tendency to avoid fair catches at all costs...
...think he has a punt return [touchdown] in him still,” Murphy says. “It’s probably the only thing at Harvard Carl still hasn’t done.” Yale’s kicker, John Troost, is only 4-of-7 this season with a long of 35 yards. However, Yale’s special teams return unit is tops in the Ivies, averaging a league-high 23.7 yards a kickoff (Harvard is second with a 20.6 average) while holding opponents to a league-low 14.3 yards a return. Yale?...