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...difference in the game turned out to be point-after conversions. Princeton kicker Taylor Northrop, who had already hit a game-tying 52-yard field goal at Harvard, was unable to kick either of his two extra-point attempts. That meant Princeton had to make a two-point conversion to tie the game after scoring its final touchdown. But Princeton's pass to the end zone was incomplete, securing the Yale victory and placing the Bulldogs one win away from their first Ivy title in ten years...
...Menick, who rushed for a season-high 165 yards on 27 carries, the Crimson led the Tigers 6-3 late in the fourth quarter. But then a 52-yard, wind-aided field goal by Princeton kicker Taylor Northrop with 3:32 left tied the game. On its next possession, led by Menick's rushing, the Crimson drove down to the one-foot-line with seven seconds left. On the last play, Harvard Coach Tim Murphy chose to let Wilford run a sneak instead of allowing Giampaolo to attempt a field goal. The gamble paid off, as Wilford made...
...Northrop came in and nailed the 52-yarder with the strong wind behind...
Crenshaw directed the Tigers down to the Crimson 7 before a timely Princeton penalty and an incompletion stopped the drive. Northrop kicked a 34-yard field goal to put the Tigers on the board...
...place kickers, however, received the most help with the wind. Princeton sophomore Taylor Northrop also connected on a career best, a 52-yard rocket that effortlessly cleared the uprights...