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...first time in a long time, sophomore tailback Clifton Dawson did not pass the century mark. A stalwart Cornell defense held Dawson to only 64 yards on 21 carries, breaking his streak of nine straight games with 100 yards or more on the ground...
...Red’s defensive unit effectively defused Dawson, holding the explosive tailback to an average of 2.9 yards per carry and 61 net yards rushing in the game. In each of the season’s three previous games, Dawson picked up three touchdowns and at least 100 yards of offense...
...Fitzpatrick and Mazza had to fill Dawson’s void, the defense’s imperative was to control 230-lb. backfield bruiser Andre Hardaway. Harvard struggled to restrain Hardaway throughout the first half, as the Big Red tailback sliced through the Crimson line 19 times for 114 yards in the first two quarters alone. The second half told a different story, however, as Hardaway ran for only 25 more yards on eight carries. The Big Red’s stalwart workhorse also snagged two passes for 21 yards and returned four kickoffs for a total of 104 yards...
Just three games into Harvard’s slate, the sophomore tailback has already amassed 498 yards rushing and nine scores, moving him within striking distance of each of Menick’s single-season marks—1,267 yards and 13 touchdowns?...
...first series, Maurer alternately handed off to tailback Jonathan Hurt and carried the ball himself for short but effective gains. There were no big plays, but Lafayette moved without difficulty down into Harvard territory, looking for all the world as if it would draw first blood...