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...mistaken for indifference. "He stepped right into the National Football League's biggest arena--New York--and has no fear," says Cutcliffe. "He'll succeed, and he knows he'll succeed." So far, his best moments have come in high-pressure situations. He threw a game-winning touchdown pass with five seconds left against the AFC West--leading Denver Broncos and led the Giants to last-minute, game-tying scores in losing efforts against Minnesota and the Dallas Cowboys. In a 27-17 win over the Philadelphia Eagles, he tossed two of his three touchdown strikes in the fourth quarter...
...Playing in an NFL game was new to St. Louis Rams rookie quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick ’05. Coming back from a 21-point deficit wasn’t.The Rams’ third-stringer took over for injured backup Jamie Martin yesterday, then threw a 56-yard touchdown pass to Kevin Curtis in overtime to cap an improbable comeback and give the Rams a 33-27 win over the Houston Texans.The seventh-round pick and last year’s Ivy League Player of the Year stayed calm by thinking back to his freshman year and first college start...
...regulation, the game changed when, with 13:58 left in the fourth quarter, sophomore Steve Williams read Yale quarterback Jeff Mroz perfectly, picking off his pass and running it 18 yards in for a touchdown. Williams’ score closed the gap to 21-16 in favor of the Bulldogs and came on the heels of O’Hagan fumbling the ball on the Yale 12-yard line...
...touchdown would have iced the game. But Yale coach Jack Siedlecki chose to run the ball three times, picking up just eight yards and settling for the field goal...
After Dawson’s touchdown in the third overtime sealed the win, Murphy strolled across the field toward Siedlecki, his longtime friend. Though he was doubtless pleased with the victory, he couldn’t help but think of the immense pressure that Siedlecki was under from dissatisfied Yale alums. Murphy knew that those cries would only grow in the wake of the most recent bitter Bulldog defeat, admitting afterward that “there [was] no way Yale deserved to lose this game...