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...lead to 14-10 in the second quarter. Byrnes fielded the kick at his 11-yard line, picked up a couple blocks and promptly executed the sixth longest run-back in Harvard history—the first since Chuck Nwokocha ’01 took a 94-yarder to the house against Yale in 2000. “I didn’t expect them to kick it deep,” Byrnes said...
Byrnes and sophomore quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick worked well together, particularly on swing passes, which accounted for half of their hook-ups. On his longest reception of the day, a 17-yarder in the fourth quarter, Byrnes pulled down Fitzpatrick’s swing pass, quickly turned his shoulders and bowled over a defender to gain the extra yardage...
Apart from his 89-yard return for a touchdown, Byrnes averaged 22 yards per return. His second longest return, a 28-yarder, might also have gone for much longer had he not lost his footing after blowing by yet another Cornell defender...
Anders Blewett ’03, of the Harvard football team, watched his 37-yarder part the uprights through the drizzle and the swirling winds at Harvard Stadium. What followed was the most subdued celebration of a game-winning field goal ever—a pat on the back and a few polite words for the opposition. But that was to be expected. On this occasion, the vanquished foe wasn’t Yale, Penn or even Columbia...
This time, Fitzpatrick showed off his arm. He connected with sophomore wideout Rodney Byrnes for 32 yards, and then an 18-yarder to Morris to cover half the field as time winded down. Finally, on the Brown 19, Fitzpatrick rolled out ro his right, before throwing a perfect cross-field pass off his back foot into the end zone, where Morris hauled in his third touchdown catch of the season...