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...They’re lockdown kind of guys,” captain Carl Ehrlich said. “We have a really good defensive backfield...
...being the focal point of the game. For most of the game, Winters was confined to screen plays and short passes while Harvard tried to establish its running attack. The Crimson also attempted to keep Randolph from breaking out by pestering him with an extra player rushing into the backfield and sticking his receivers with man coverage.Neither strategy was as effective as Harvard would have liked. Junior Gino Gordon and rookie Treavor Scales had modest success running the ball for the Crimson, and Winters occasionally caught Holy Cross off-guard with designed quarterback run plays and improvised scrambles...
...recent years, Harvard’s defensive backfield has consistently enjoyed talent, with All-American standouts Steven Williams ’08 and Andrew Berry ’09 joining skill players throughout the starting 11 to make the Crimson defense a formidable group...
...game of close calls and critical mistakes, there was one consistent presence in the backfield that Harvard could rely on. Sophomore running back Gino Gordon carried the Crimson on his back, rushing for 168 yards on 39 attempts, en route to Harvard’s second straight victory over the Yale Bulldogs and 13th Ivy League Championship. Gordon added two receptions for 19 yards and scored the lone touchdown in the 125th matchup between the heated rivals...
...quarter: Gordon breaks a tackle in the backfield and scampers to the 24 while staying in bounds...