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...teams were evenly matched throughout. After Lehigh took an early lead, Harvard dominated much of regulation.The Mountain Hawks jumped out to a 7-0 lead on a 54-yard punt return by Brannan Thomas 3:47 into the game. This would be just the first special teams blunder for the Crimson on the day.The teams then traded two field goals each: Long put Harvard on the board with 5:08 left in the first on a 27-yarder after a run-heavy drive that consisted of 14 plays for just 49 yards.The rushing attack improved in terms of consistency this...
...Crimson defense played well enough to win in Saturday’s 20-13 loss to the Mountain Hawks, keeping the high-flying Lehigh offense out of the endzone all afternoon and only allowing two field goals. There was just one problem—the offense and the special teams each surrendered a touchdown.“It’s very surprising, that you win a football game and you don’t score an offensive touchdown, don’t convert a third down,” said Mountain Hawks head coach Andy Coen...
...that sort of afternoon for the Crimson, which suffered from lacksadaisical special teams play and excellent work from Leo, the Patriot League Special Teams Player of the Year last season. Leo, employing a rollout, rugby-style punting method, punted eight times for a 44.1-yard average, pinning Harvard inside its own 20 six times...
...Coming in, we knew it was going to be a field-position battle,” Leo said. “[The coaches] were preaching it all week and saying special teams was going to play a huge part. We really buckled down on special teams this week and made sure everything was where it needed...
...knew they had outstanding special teams in general, and we knew they had really excellent return teams,” said Harvard head coach Tim Murphy said. “Obviously the first quarter was a real mismatch in field position based on the two 50-yard returns, but I thought we recovered adequately...