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With four seconds left on the clock, the Crimson's hopes at a perfect record in the Ivy League and three straight victories rested on the foot of freshman placekicker Robbie Wright. They ended off the fingertips of Cornell's 6'6 wide receiver and kick-blocking specialist Joe Splendorio, wobbling past the right goal post...
...Wright lined up for the 27-yarder, the parallels to last year were all too ominous...
However, the placekicking game has been a real liability for Harvard all season. Wright missed two field goals earlier in the first half that could have extended the Crimson lead to over thirty points...
Overall this year, Harvard kickers have successfully made only one field goal in seven attempts, including this past game's blunders. Murphy had already replaced the season-opener starter, sophomore Anders Blewitt, with Wright after two games...
With the amount the Crimson kickers have struggled this year, it is curious that Murphy would have placed so much trust in the leg of Wright, despite the kick being a so-called "chip shot...