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...outstanding defensive play of the game, a where'd-he-come-from sack of Dartmouth qb Frank Polsinello by blitzing linebacker Andy Nolan, forced the Hanoverians to punt from their own 14-yd. line...
McCabe took the punt at midfield, advanced to the Dartmouth 45, and then lost the ball under a stingy baker's dozen of Green tacklers. Bill Connolly recovered the loose ball for Dartmouth, depriving the Crimson of its most important opportunity of the afternoon...
...crucial situation, and we gave up the ball on the punt. You can't give up that kind of yardage," Restic said at the post-game press conference. "We're losing in the kicking game; you just can't give up that kind of yardage...
...That punt turned the ball game around," said Restic about a third-quarter fumble by Scott McCabe. The Crimson, down 14-10, had stopped Dartmouth deep in its own territory and was about to get the ball back inside midfield. "Scotty wants to hold on to the ball more than anybody else, but it's just one of those thing," Restic said...
...takes a certain kind of team to lose a game on a big play. It can happen to anyone once--like the fumbled snap on the punt against Holy Cross. It can happen to any but the best twice--like the near interception that turned into a long gain for Army...