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...Verbit and his running back tandem, Jon Veach and Branden Benson, significantly less likely to find a path back to the line of scrimmage. Junior linebacker Matt Thomas alone accounted for two sacks and six tackles for a loss as he and the front seven harassed Verbit and nullified Veach??€”who a season ago rushed for over 200 yards against the Crimson—surrendering a measly 85 net yards on the ground...
Harvard won’t downplay Veach??€™s importance tomorrow, but equal attention must be paid to Benson. Rushing by committee, the tandem has accounted for 742 yards and eight touchdowns on 150 carries, with neither dominating in any of the statistical categories...
Critical to Princeton’s success was running back Jon Veach??€™s ability to befuddle the Crimson front seven, carrying the ball 40 times but varying the rushes enough that Harvard could not find an answer until overtime. Captain Dante Balestracci and junior Bobby Everett combined for 31 tackles, but still he kept coming...
...Veach??€™s success was in large part the product of the blocking which cleared large swaths of field in front of him of potential tacklers in a position to make a hit. The Tigers’ offensive line neutralized the Crimson defensive line, pushing it aside and rendering it virtually useless in stopping the run. This forced the secondary to apply more pressure to the quarterback, which, while effective, presented greater opportunities for Princeton downfield...
...fate would not allow the day to be Veach??€™s and in the end Princeton’s failure would...