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...tailback Mike McLeod met a stifling Harvard defense, managing just 50 yards on 20 carries, while senior quarterback Chris Pizzotti picked apart a Yale defense that looked confused all afternoon, throwing for 316 yards and a career-high four touchdowns...
Harvard scored early and often against the Bulldogs, beginning The Game with a five-play, 69-yard drive that ended with a 40-yard touchdown pass to sophomore wideout Matt Luft. Pizzotti scrambled right on the play, finding Luft wide open for the score behind a Yale secondary that seemed out of place all day. It was the second of Luft’s eight catches and the first of his two touchdowns, and it set the tone in a game in which the Bulldogs never threatened...
...Bulldogs’ struggle continued on their next possession, when a high snap forced Yale punter Tom Mante to try to the run for the first down. Mante was tackled deep in Yale territory and, a play later, Pizzotti found sophomore Mike Cook for a 15-yard touchdown that gave the Crimson a 27-0 cushion...
...nearly 16-minute Harvard advantage in time of possession prevented Yale from getting into any kind of offensive rhythm, and the Bulldogs defense paid the price, lining up for 35 more plays than Harvard...
...really just had no answers offensively," said Yale head coach Jack Siedlecki. "They seemed to be in our backfield every play, whether we were running or throwing. I don’t know how many plays our defense had, but they were out there...