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Like other minorities--ethnic or religious--Mormons are proud of those among them who make it big. When Steve Young, a descendant of church leader Brigham Young and a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, was taking snaps on Monday Night Football in the 1990s, his fellow Mormons took to calling Family Home Evening, their weekly togetherness meeting, Family Home Halftime instead...
...second half.“Quite honestly, we were just trying to generate some offense, some consistency,” Crimson coach Tim Murphy said. “Both guys did a solid job at times, but it’s eleven men out there, not just the quarterback.”It didn’t matter much who the quarterback was—Harvard’s running game remained stagnant, the pressure up front rarely relented, and tipped balls, overthrown passes, and good Yale coverage downfield continued to keep the Crimson from ever mustering a realistic chance...
...high-powered Harvard offense to a season-low 13 points in the season finale. Yale confounded the Crimson offense, rendering it ineffective in virtually every category.Deflation was the name of the game for Yale, which popped Harvard’s confidence right out of the gates, sacking starting quarterback Liam O’Hagan for a ten-yard loss on the Crimson’s first drive and dropping senior running back Clifton Dawson for five- and six-yard losses on his first two carries.“It’s nice to have a couple good things happen...
Yale only amassed a modest 266 yards of total offense, although running back Mike McLeod did gain 87 yards rushing and three touchdowns. Bulldogs quarterback Matt Polhemus managed the game effectively—if not spectacularly—with 125 yards passing and another 19 on the ground...
...Junior quarterback Liam O’Hagan faced pressure from an aggressive Bulldogs defense, which regularly sent linebackers and corners on blitzes to disrupt the Crimson attack. O’Hagan finished with 53 yards passing and an interception and was replaced by junior Chris Pizzotti midway through the third quarter...