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Yale: The Bulldogs' quarterback is also a sophomore, but Joe Walland has a vastly different story. He has completed only 40 percent of his passes for five touchdowns and four interceptions. Walland has split time with two others but will start tomorrow. He can scramble and is mobile, and Harvard had some trouble with running quarterbacks early in the season. Walland lacks experience, however, and was a cornerback until the last week of preseason...
...Putting me back in the shotgun and getting me away from the line [helped]," Walland said. "We executed for the first time in a while...
...just as the Elis stormed back in last year's Game, they did so again, as Walland suddenly found the hot hand. Although Yale couldn't run the ball, it began to find some holes in the Crimson coverage...
...Walland scrambled twice for 28 yards on Yale's next possession then completed three straight passing attempts...
...Yale's final offensive play of The Game, with the Bulldogs needing a touchdown to put themselves within a field goal in the final minute, Yale quarterback Joe Walland called Compas' number. Walland threw a 16-yard floater, leading sophomore James Borden to the corner of the end zone...