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...storyline is familiar. Last year, a dominant and undefeated Crimson squad took on struggling Dartmouth in Cambridge. Harvard was ranked 16th in the nation, and the Big Green seemingly had little chance of pulling off the upset...
This year’s Fitzpatrick? He’s thrown for 1,255 yards and seven touchdowns and sits second on Harvard’s all-time list in passing yardage. A Dartmouth defense that surrenders nearly 378 yards per game will certainly have its hands full with a Crimson offense averaging 37 points per contest...
...Green—like all Harvard opponents—will have difficulty containing the Dawson-Fitzpatrick duo, but the Crimson will also have to contend with a talented quarterback. Dartmouth signal caller Charlie Rittgers torched the Harvard secondary for 344 yards and two touchdowns last season. This year, he has already tallied 1,409 passing yards...
...Crimson defense still has every reason to be confident. Despite several injuries, the defensive line has stepped up the last two weeks, surrendering just 14 points to both Northeastern and Princeton. Combine that with the one-dimensional attack Dartmouth emplys, and it could get ugly in a hurry...
...Even though the Dartmouth game last year was horrible, it was definitely a great lesson for us to take with us,” Fitzpatrick said. “Lucky for those of us who went through it last year, we’re going to get another chance at it, and I think it gives us that much more focus this week...