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Junior tailback Matt Leiszler and sophomore tailback Nick Palazzo--Harvard's own version of thunder and lightning--each gained 79 yards on the ground. Palazzo's game was highlighted by an impressive 39-yard run off left tackle to the Dartmouth 1. The speedy back broke four Big Green tackles on the play and ran through an intentional facemask. Palazzo scored on the next play...
Harvard's running attack was predictable but virtually unstoppable. When the Crimson tried to run right, it was usually stopped by Dartmouth's pursuing linebackers--often behind the line of scrimmage. Rather than abandoning the ground game, Harvard ran left, usually off-tackle runs behind left tackle and senior captain Mike Clare...
...wind against it, Harvard stayed mostly on the ground. A double-reverse--Rose to Palazzo to Morris to Nwokocha--gained 14 yards and brought Harvard to the 17. Morris barely got rid of the ball on the play, handing off to Nwokocha right as he was drilled by a Dartmouth defender...
...weather is getting colder. On Saturday, as the icy winds in Hanover, N.H., gusted to 25 mph, Harvard's passing game was slowed, not by anything that Dartmouth did on defense, but by the weather. The inclement conditions put the onus on the ground game to perform...
Harvard did pound the ball against the Big Green, gaining 309 yards on the ground. Five Crimson running backs contributed to that total, none gaining over 100 yards...