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...ground game has not been Dartmouth’s forte this season. Before Saturday, the Big Green was averaging just 66.5 yards rushing per contest, instead relying heavily on a passing game that led starting quarterback Charlie Rittgers to the second-best passing total in the Ivies, ahead of even Harvard’s Ryan Fitzpatrick...
...neither did it explain Harvard’s poor execution. Quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick put up impressive numbers, completing 25 passes for 300 yards, but the only score was a 20-yard pass to wide receiver Brian Edwards in the Crimson’s more characteristically productive second quarter. Time and again, balls slipped through grasping fingers and passes fell inches short or long...
...defeat wasn’t inevitable, as it would have been a year ago. It should have been no surprise that cornerback Danny Tanner broke up quarterback Dan Shula’s two-point conversion try. Nor would it have been a shock to watch the Big Green push an extra-point effort wide under the same circumstances...
Trailing 13-12 in the fourth quarter, the Big Green took over possession at its own 36-yard line with 1:02 to go in the game. Quarterback Dan Shula, making his first career start, promptly drove his team down the field and into Crimson territory. With the officials inexplicably stopping the clock after a nine-yard completion to receiver Andrew Hall—one in which Hall remained in bounds and did not gain a first down—it appeared as though the extra time might allow Dartmouth to drive deep enough to attempt a game-winning field...
...blitzing might be unnecessary, Rittgers will still require the attention of the Harvard defense. The only option on an anemic offense, Rittgers continues to perform despite weekly attempts to contain him—and only him. Atlantic-10 contender New Hampshire surrendered 349 passing yards to the Big Green quarterback, and Yale gave up 249 yards...