His afternoon’s work in the trenches, an overpowering one for center Alex Spisak and the rest of Harvard’s offensive line, was complete with two minutes 35 seconds remaining in the third quarter.Ouch.
The Boston Herald headline writer made a pun that, to the dismay of Dartmouth fans, wasn't really accurate: Not easy to beat Green; But Crimson hang on. The lede:
Harvard proved yesterday it’s not about to go green any time soon as the Crimson doubled up Dartmouth, 42-21, before a Harvard Stadium crowd of 8,107.For the official Dartmouth release click here. The official Harvard release is here.
The Ivy League game of the week lived up to its billing as Penn's Kyle Olson put four interceptions behind him and hit Kyle Derham with a touchdown pass in overtime to lift Penn to a 14-7 win over Brown. The victory allowed the Quakers to keep pace with Harvard atop the Ivy League standings. No other Ivy teams have fewer than two losses. Both Penn and Harvard are 4-0. They play Nov. 14 at Harvard Stadium.
Elsewhere it was ...
Yale 23, Columbia 22
Patrick Witt threw two TD passes in the final quarter as Yale erased a 22-10 deficit with less than nine minutes remaining. Columbia played without quarterback Milli Olawale and rushing leader Ray Rangel, both injured.
Princeton 17, Cornell 13
Cornell, which visits Hanover Saturday, had a 23-14 advantage in first downs, ran for 219 yards and gained 400 yards overall but lost on a fourth-quarter, 78-yard touchdown reception by Trey Peacock.
Holy Cross 41, Fordham 27
Dominic Randolph passed for 314 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Crusaders in a wild game for statisticians. Fordham quarterback John Skelton was 43-for-67 for 427 yards as the Rams put up 38 first downs and 627 yards ... and lost.
Colgate 27, Lehigh 20
Greg Sullivan tossed four touchdown passes at Colgate came back from a 10-0 deficit, built a 21-10 lead and then held on.
New Hampshire 48, Northeastern 21
Speedy Chad Kackert 17 runs for 176 yards and two TDs as the Wildcats sent the Huskies crashing back to earth after they broke their 13-game losing streak last week.
Extra Point
Much like poor Charlie Brown trying to kick that football, we used to always keep our fingers crossed that this Halloween would be the one. But we've lived on our mountainside dirt road for 13 years now and for the 13th year in a row we didn't have a single trick-or-treater stop by. I think it has something to do with the cost-benefit analysis by some of these bright Hanover kids. Who knows, maybe the Great Pumpkin will deliver us one next year. Yeah, and maybe Chuck will finally get the ball airborne instead of himself.
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