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...missed 34-yard field goal handed the ball back to the Big Green with nine minutes left to knot the score. The Harvard defense couldn’t stop the drive, but it sure didn’t lay down and die. Though the Crimson surrendered a touchdown, the score followed a grueling 17-play, 80-yard drive—and that was only because Doug Hewlett, who appeared to be responsible for the coverage, had slipped, providing the exploited opening in the end zone...
...When the clock’s behind you it’s tough to get a read on [how much time is left],” said Shula, who in his first career start completed 19 of 37 passes for 162 yards and a touchdown. “I just tried to get to the line...and we tried to get up on the ball as fast as we could and clock it, but I guess we were just a second too slow...
...That one touchdown came in the second quarter and put Harvard up, 10-0. Following a poor punt by Dartmouth that gave the Crimson good field position at the Dartmouth 37, Fitzpatrick hit Dawson with a 27-yard pass over the middle down to the Big Green 20-yard line. On the very next play, Fitzpatrick found senior receiver Brian Edwards—who finished the day with 124 yards receiving—all alone in the back right corner of the endzone to give Harvard a two score lead...
...that would be the only Crimson touchdown of the day. Harvard had little trouble breaking midfield, but once in Dartmouth territory the offense sputtered...
Late in the fourth quarter, Harvard’s defense once again put the clamps on when they were needed. Following an impressive drive that culminated in a 12-yard touchdown pass from Shula to wide receiver Bob Murphy that closed the Crimson lead to 13-12, Dartmouth coach John Lyons elected to go for two rather than attempting the extra point...