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...were going to come out of this game with 260 yards rushing or whatever it is, I would have said ‘we’ll take that, because that’s probably going to get a victory.’” ALL SORTS OF SPECIAL The cold, windy conditions also made special teams play particularly difficult for both teams, and both teams committed major gaffes in the kicking game. The worst came in the first quarter, when a Crimson punt struck a member of Yale’s return team and was recovered by Harvard...
...opposing squads recorded a couple of overlapping penalties in the second frame, and both sides were held scoreless until Harvard’s special teams finally yielded with three minutes to go in the period...
...Although Harvard had four power-play opportunities, it was up against a solid Cornell special teams unit, which has killed 21 of 22 penalties against for a .955 penalty kill percentage and failed to convert on any of its chances. The Big Red is the first team to deny Harvard a power-play goal in the Crimson’s last 14 games...
...Crimson, too, would get in on the special teams struggles, as one McLeod and one Harvard fumble later, the Crimson found itself inside the red zone for the third time on the afternoon. With a chance to extend its lead to two possessions as time expired on the first half, Long missed his second field goal shot of the day on a tipped ball that didn’t even make it in range of the uprights...
...quarter: GIO CHRISTODOULOU RETURNS THE PUNT TO THE CRIMSON 8, and Yale is in prime position. A major special teams breakdown by the Crimson there...