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Junior Dawson sets the all-time Harvard rushing record with 3,335 career yards, besting the mark set by Chris Menick...
...huge notch on his belt. In Harvard’s 42-14 shellacking of Dartmouth, Dawson vaulted himself into first place on the Crimson all-time rushing list. In gaining his 3,335th yard on Saturday, he passed the previous mark of 3,330 yards set by Chris Menick ‘99. And Dawson accomplished his feat in less than three years. “I knew coming in that if I worked hard I would be able to make my mark on the record books, and that’s something I wanted,” Dawson said...
...that iced Harvard’s 42-14 victory, to the grace with which he shifted much of the credit from his own shoulders to those of his offensive linemen. Just 98 yards from writing his name into the Crimson record books once more—again supplanting Chris Menick ’00, this time for most rushing yards in school history—Dawson was almost assured of reaching the milestone Saturday, barring any uncharacteristically sound play by Dartmouth’s defense. But as the third quarter drew to a close and Dawson inched past 90 yards...
...most impressive thing is that he’s so consistent,” said Chris Menick ’00, most of whose single-season and career rushing marks Dawson rewrote in his sophomore season, or will supplant in the year ahead. “It seems like it’s easy to him. It’s like no defense can stop...
There was sophomore running back Clifton Dawson, two weeks off of a strained side muscle and running into the record books—again. With his 32-carry, 120-yard performance, Dawson eclipsed the Harvard single-season rushing record of 1,267 yards, set by Chris Menick ’00 in 1997. Dawson ended the season with 1,302 rushing yards and 17 touchdowns...