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...score of 38-17 in front of a crowd of 11,263.Harvard put on another solid, turnover-free showing, as it mustered 423 yards of offense while adding two interceptions and two sacks on defense. The offensive line picked up the Cornell blitz well and gave senior quarterback Chris Pizzotti—who had 281 yards through the air—plenty of time in the pocket.“Very solid team victory,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. “We did what we had to do.”Harvard started out quickly, scoring...
Coming into Saturday’s contest, Cornell quarterback Nathan Ford hadn’t taken a sack in the first three games, despite attempting 111 passes in the Big Red’s 3-0 start. Harvard managed to get to Ford twice against 53 pass attempts, the first two sacks Cornell has surrendered on the season. Both sacks came on a second-quarter drive for the Big Red, where captain Matt Curtis dragged down Ford for a seven-yard loss on first down and senior end Peter Ajayi got to him again for an eight-yard loss...
...Cornell has proved itself no small foe, however, in beating preseason favorite Yale at home 17-14 two weeks ago, and Lehigh 25-24 last week, a game in which senior quarterback Nathan Ford passed for 438 yards and two touchdowns. Ford completed 39 of 63 attempts and led the Big Red on a fourth quarter game-winning drive, finding senior wideout Jesse Baker in the end zone as time expired...
...Harvard’s game plan then hinges on forcing quarterback Ford, who currently sits third on the Cornell career charts for passing yards, to step up, but his ambitions will by no means go unopposed by the Crimson defense...
...We’ve got to get some pressure on [the quarterback], and we’ve got to get some people in some throwing lanes and we’ve got to force a few takeaways,” Murphy said, “because if they throw it 62 times and you don’t get any takeaways, it’s going to be a long...