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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...
...yard line, but an intended pass for senior wideout Corey Mazza was deflected into the hands of Quaker defensive back Patrick Kimmener and returned to the Harvard 40.The defense held again, forcing Penn three-and-out, but the turnovers continued to mount. On the first play after the punt, O’Hagan and Dawson botched a handoff, creating a fumble that was recovered by the Quakers at the Crimson 19.Penn was once again forced to settle for a field goal, putting Harvard behind 20-7 with 8:16 remaining in the first half.The Crimson settled down somewhat over...
...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...