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...quarterback Liam O’Hagan in the Lehigh game, just a week after he was knocked out of the Brown game with a second-half concussion, and a 13-point showing against the Mountain Hawks made everyone think that the offense was weaker than expected. Enter senior Chris Pizzotti, a quarterback every Harvard fan already knew well. The year before, he started five games, including a gutsy comeback win at Lehigh while fighting through a knee injury, only to lose his job when O’Hagan returned from a suspension. This preseason, he lost the quarterback battle again...
Harvard scored early and often against the Bulldogs, beginning The Game with a five-play, 69-yard drive that ended with a 40-yard touchdown pass to sophomore wideout Matt Luft. Pizzotti scrambled right on the play, finding Luft wide open for the score behind a Yale secondary that seemed out of place all day. It was the second of Luft’s eight catches and the first of his two touchdowns, and it set the tone in a game in which the Bulldogs never threatened...
...Bulldogs’ struggle continued on their next possession, when a high snap forced Yale punter Tom Mante to try to the run for the first down. Mante was tackled deep in Yale territory and, a play later, Pizzotti found sophomore Mike Cook for a 15-yard touchdown that gave the Crimson a 27-0 cushion...
...Pizzotti was tremendously sharp in his final game, thanks in large measure to the offensive line’s best performance of the year. The unit completely stymied the Bulldogs defense, which came into The Game limiting opponents to 11.1 points per game, the best in Division...
...Coach challenged the offensive line last night in our team meeting to come out and really set the tone for our team," Pizzotti said. "They did an unbelievable job, getting every blitz picked up and everything...