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...last Saturday with a come-from-behind toppling of Lehigh, Princeton has recent history in its favor. The Tigers edged Lafayette on the road last year and the Leopards haven’t bested an Ivy team in many months. The most impressive aspect of Princeton’s second-half comeback was its defense, which despite the loss of several fringe NFL talents from 2005, shut out the Mountain Hawks for the last 47 minutes plus. The least impressive: Quarterback Jeff Terrell’s three picks. This time, the turnovers are Princeton’s undoing.Prediction: Lafayette...
...with will only make us stronger.”Although many questions remain about starting quarterback Chris Pizzotti and the strength of the offensive line, the Crusaders should not pose a big threat.The Crimson has won the last four meetings and eight of nine, pulling out a 31-21 second-half victory in the 2005 game.Yet no opponent can be taken lightly, especially after the 2005 season in which Cornell upset Harvard in a surprise 27-13 victory.So the squad is preparing for a strong Holy Cross team.“We probably don’t know as much...
...junior running back Clifton Dawson’s two-yard touchdown scamper on the second possession of the third overtime, it may have turned out to be the series’ second tie. As the sun set over southern Connecticut and a stadium without lights, the possibility that the game would be called due to darkness was almost fitting.Almost fitting for a game with nine turnovers—four during the extra frames—an 18-point second-half comeback, and ample opportunities for each team to claim victory.Almost. But considering Harvard’s resiliency—from...
Nationally ranked opponents proved to be a different animal altogether. Although the Crimson managed to stay competitive through the first half, it could not halt the second-half runs of its ranked competitors...
Harvard rode the momentum of its second Ivy conquest back to Jordan Field where it defeated Brown, 12-7. The Crimson defense protected the team’s offensive surge, including junior Perry Brown’s first career hat trick, by rejecting every Bear advance in the final 16 minutes and breaking up seven of 16 second-half clear attempts...