Word: zone
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...After playing five consecutive weeks against relatively weak competition, Yale faced a much more formidable opponent with the Quakers, who had won seven in a row against the Elis. The Bulldogs had difficulties scoring in the red zone, highlighted by a fumble on the Penn one-yard-line. With the Yale offense struggling and the defense unable to stop Penn running back Kris Ryan, the Quakers seemed to be in control with a 19-16 lead in the fourth quarter...
...already hit a game-tying 52-yard field goal at Harvard, was unable to kick either of his two extra-point attempts. That meant Princeton had to make a two-point conversion to tie the game after scoring its final touchdown. But Princeton's pass to the end zone was incomplete, securing the Yale victory and placing the Bulldogs one win away from their first Ivy title in ten years...
...With Columbia taking a 7-0 lead early and Harvard's first drive ending on an interception in the Lion end zone, it looked as if this game might be a repeat of last year's nightmarish 24-0 loss in New York City. But then linebacker Isaiah Kacyvenski reversed Harvard's fortune when he picked off Columbia quarterback Mark Stoutenberg to set up the game-tying touchdown...
...next possession, a Wilford bomb thrown 50 yards downfield was intercepted by Brown cornerback Melvin Justice and returned all the way back to the Crimson 18-yard-line. The Bear offense scored off the turnover, and Harvard was unable to come back despite driving into the red zone on its next two possessions. The final Crimson drive ended in a Wilford interception, the team's sixth turnover of the game...
...Harvard's zone coverage has allowed receivers to slip between into the holes all year, and the Crimson cornerbacks' fear of getting beat deep has allowed opposing wideouts too much room in front playing man-to-man defense...