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After a reverse to Edwards and two more runs by Dawson, Fitzpatrick was in position to connect on his first of four touchdown tosses for the day. From the Yale 26, freshman receiver Corey Mazza beat his man down the left sideline and Fitzpatrick hit him in stride to give Harvard the lead for good...
Yale would respond with another field goal, cutting the lead to 10-6. But the combination of Fitzpatrick and Dawson proved too powerful for the Bulldogs...
...Fitzpatrick connected on two more touchdowns on the afternoon. Late in the second quarter, he hooked up with junior Rodney Byrnes on a 10-yard bullet, threading the ball between two Yale defenders and putting Harvard up 17-6 at the half...
Then, from the 11-yard line, Fitzpatrick found backup sophomore tight end Kelly Widman all alone in the flat. Widman then turned upfield and dove just inside the right pylon for a touchdown...
...that—not Cowan’s record-setting passing game, not the gutsy play of junior quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick and not even the continued promise of freshman tailback Clifton Dawson—was The Game’s most impressive performance yesterday afternoon...