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...Cowan, outperformed him in virtually every statistical category—more completions, more yards passing, more yards rushing, fewer sacks. Cowan danced in the backfield, avoiding a potent Crimson pass rush all but twice on the afternoon and keeping the Harvard defense on its heels with the option and quarterback sprints...
Early in the second quarter, without warning, he was transformed from the quarterback choked by his bit and laboring to complete a 10-yard pass into the unbridled, pre-injury Fitzpatrick, beautifully lofting a ball over the top of Bulldog cornerback Andrew Butler and into the outstretched arms of freshman wide receiver Corey Mazza for the 26-yard score...
...Harvard football team rolled into New Haven this year with everything going wrong. The offense lacked the explosiveness that led the Crimson (7-3, 4-3 Ivy) to a 6-0 start. Junior quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick had practiced three-and-a-half times in the last five weeks and his receiving corps appeared to be decimated. The defense that had been so clutch in the first six contests couldn’t buy a turnover. Not surprisingly, Harvard headed into the season finale against Yale (6-4, 4-3) reeling—losers of three...
Yale moved the ball well between the 20-yard lines, with quarterback Alvin Cowan turning in a record-setting day with 438 passing yards—the most in Bulldog history...
...that—not Cowan’s record-setting passing game, not the gutsy play of junior quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick and not even the continued promise of freshman tailback Clifton Dawson—was The Game’s most impressive performance yesterday afternoon...