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Kathy Spiegelman, Harvard’s top planner, couldn’t fit Harvard Stadium onto the map. A house was in the way. “You just knocked somebody’s house under the plans,” said Kevin McCluskey, the University’s director of community relations for Boston, who quickly removed the eraser-sized gray house jamming the tabletop model of Harvard’s properties in Allston. It was the only hiccup in a media tour yesterday afternoon of the new “Harvard in Allston Exhibit Room?...
...Saturday, but reaggravated his torn ankle ligaments in practice this week and is likely done for the season. IT’S BEEN A WHILE The win marked the first time Princeton has beaten Harvard in nine seasons. The last Tigers win was a 14-3 victory at Harvard Stadium in 1995. Though the Princeton seniors were happy with their win over the Crimson, it was less of an upset than it had been for Cornell, which beat Harvard two weeks ago. “Beating Harvard is more of a big win for the program than...
...last seconds ticked off the clock in Harvard’s 27-24 loss to Princeton on Saturday, the atmosphere in Harvard Stadium was a little somber and a little surreal. In front of a crowd of just over 12,000 and under cold and dreary drizzling rain, the Crimson lost a reasonable shot at the Ivy League championship. It was the loss that shouldn’t have happened—not based on precedent, not based on the way the home team played. It was surreal that the dreams of a league title would be squelched this way.Harvard...
Special teams are a segment of the game that is often ignored by the casual observer until something goes horribly wrong. Saturday at Harvard Stadium, special teams took center stage in Harvard’s 27-24 loss to Princeton (4-2, 2-1 Ivy), a defeat that essentially dashed the Crimson’s (3-3, 1-2) hopes of a 2005 Ivy League title.After Harvard took a 24-20 lead with 7:21 to play, Tigers cornerback Jay McCareins broke the ensuing kickoff return for a 93-yard touchdown, which would prove to be the difference. But that...
Mistakes on special teams and questionable decisions on the field led Harvard to a 27-24 loss to Princeton at Harvard Stadium on Saturday. The defeat was the first to the Tigers since 1995. Trailing 20-17 early in the fourth quarter, the Crimson drove to the Princeton five-yard line, where they faced fourth-and-two. Instead of kicking the game-tying field goal, Harvard coach Tim Murphy elected to go for the first down. On the 13th consecutive running play of the drive, junior running back Clifton Dawson was stopped for no gain, and the Tigers took over...