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Cornell’s choice to kickoff deep after cutting Harvard’s lead to 14-10 in the second quarter. Byrnes fielded the kick at his 11-yard line, picked up a couple blocks and promptly executed the sixth longest run-back in Harvard history—the first since Chuck Nwokocha ’01 took a 94-yarder to the house against Yale in 2000. “I didn’t expect them to kick it deep,” Byrnes said...
...this day, Byrnes did just about everything and did all of it well. As a tailback, he finished with five carries for 33 yards, his longest run a 13-yard gain on an option. He also caught six passes for 55 yards, second most on Harvard behind only senior sensation Carl Morris...
Byrnes and sophomore quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick worked well together, particularly on swing passes, which accounted for half of their hook-ups. On his longest reception of the day, a 17-yarder in the fourth quarter, Byrnes pulled down Fitzpatrick’s swing pass, quickly turned his shoulders and bowled over a defender to gain the extra yardage...
Apart from his 89-yard return for a touchdown, Byrnes averaged 22 yards per return. His second longest return, a 28-yarder, might also have gone for much longer had he not lost his footing after blowing by yet another Cornell defender...
Harvard has not recorded a scoreless tie since 1995, when a contest with Cornell ended in a 0-0 draw. Saturday’s game was the team’s longest since last year’s NCAA first-round match against Hartford, which remained scoreless through four overtimes before Totman scored the game-winner...