Harvard - Yale Game Thread (Play by Play)

[Cleets]

first quarter in the books (all Harvard)

13 - 0 Harvard

[Cleets]

Yale on Harvard 40 goes for it on 4th and 2 and

Harvard stops them...

Change of possession

[Cleets]

Huge Sack by Yale...

by Hamilton DE

[Cleets]

Harvard goes for it on 4th down... gets the first... Harvard driving

now down to the Yale 3 yard line...

[Cleets]

Harvard up the gut for TD...

20 - 0 Harvard...

[bulldog10jw]

Harvard up the gut for TD...

20 - 0 Harvard...

Looks like the Yale pass defense is a no show.

[Sam Adams]

Wow, could get ugly in the streets of new haven...

[Cleets]

Yale tries to Punt... busted play Punter smacked Harvard ball

[Cleets]

One play after failed punt.... TD Harvard

27 - 0 Harvard


ALL HARVARD (Yale 0 passing yards on the game)

[bulldog10jw]

Yale is folding like an accordian.

[Cleets]

Pizzotti Harvard QB

208 yrds
14 for 21
3 TD passes

and the first half is not over....

[Cleets]

Yale
Huge kickoff return

and nice 20 yard pass already on the door step...

[Cleets]

Yale stumbles

4th and six and Harvard all out Blitz (play busted)

Harvard ball....

[Cleets]

Bad sign... this may be over already... with 5 minutes left in the half...xoopsx

Yale looks stunned

[bulldog10jw]

Bad sign... this may be over already... with 5 minutes left in the half...xoopsx

Yale looks stunned


Plus Yale is just not built to come back from this far down. They need a couple of gifts and Harvard doesn't look like they're in a giving mood.

[Cleets]

Plus Yale is just not built to come back from this far down. They need a couple of gifts and Harvard doesn't look like they're in a giving mood.

Agreed..

McLeod Left / McLeod Right
will burn clock 4 to 6 yards at a time...

[Cleets]

Yale must punt from their own 3 yrd line... (ugly)

Harvard D is swarming

[bulldog10jw]

embarrassing that they did not show up.

[Cleets]

Yale makes a great final stand to end the half...and hold off complete domination...

Weird but: Yale goes into halftime with momentum (I'm not kidding)

27 - 0 Harvard

[BlueHen86]

Yale makes a great final stand to end the half...and hold off complete domination...

Weird but: Yale goes into halftime with momentum (I'm not kidding)

27 - 0 Harvard
I agree. Nice goal line stand for Yale at the end of the half. Hopefully Yale can make this game interesting in the second half.

[Peems]

Where is LFN? Harvard is no slouch, but if you are claiming that Yale is a top team in the country, you do not go down 27-0 in the first half.

[Cleets]

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Game Stats: First Half
...................H Y
first downs....16 3
Rushing.........55 39
passing.........244 20



Yikes.... ugly

[Cleets]

Where is LFN? Harvard is no slouch, but if you are claiming that Yale is a top team in the country, you do not go down 27-0 in the first half.

Um... I love Harvard football (Ivy football) but...

There is no doubt in my mind either (neither) of these teams could play with the big boys in FCS... but it does not make it less fun..!!!!

[Cleets]

Start of second half.. great kickoff return by Yale (again... they can kick return)

but drive stalls and they punt... a really bad punt... Harvard ball around 35

[blur2005]

You know, I was thinking something like this might happen. I didn't think it would be 27-0 but I expected Haaaaaavad to break Yale's undefeated run.

[blur2005]

There is no doubt in my mind either (neither) of these teams could play with the big boys in FCS...
Wow, someone who isn't unreasonably exaggerating the abilities of his league. Perhaps the Pioneer League should try this.

[Cleets]

Harvard driving Cheng Ho (RB) having a solid day... and Rizotti (QB) has been his usual amazing self...

back to back to back first downs... Harvard in the Red Zone

[Cleets]

Luft has 7 catches for 147 yrds.. today... (wow) xeyebrowx

[Cleets]

Harvard stalls and kicks FG...

30 - 0 Harvard

11:00 3rd qtr

[Cleets]

Wow, someone who isn't unreasonably exaggerating the abilities of his league. Perhaps the Pioneer League should try this.
It's no big deal... Harvard is awesome but we don't have any 4.3 wide outs and 255 LB. Fullbacks ...

we've got a great QB and good hands WR's and a nice solid RB... but playing against APP ST or JMU or GSU or any top 10 FCS power house...

No worries we're kickin' Yales ass today

[Cleets]

Harvard D gets an INT at mid-field

[Cleets]

Yale QB Pohlemus

11 passes 1 completion 20 yards... (that's for the game)

[danefan]

Yale QB Pohlemus

11 passes 1 completion 20 yards... (that's for the game)

Wow.

[downbythebeach]

What happened to Yale????

It seems like all the FCS games I want to watch are beat downs

[Cleets]

as we start the 4th quarter...

complete domination by Harvard 30 - 0

this has been brutal... I expect 2nd string guys will be in the game very soon...

[Cleets]

Harvard drives for another TD.. 2nd string tight-end gets the touchdown...

37 - 0 Harvard....

not much game time left... (thank god)

[Cleets]

Yale goes for it on 4th and 17.... Ya.. anyway

10 minutes left Harvard ball bring on the smack thread...xlolx

37 - 0 Harvard...

Yale might not have 100 yards of total offense...

about 35 rushing
about 45 passing

we'll see...

[bulldog10jw]

Yale goes for it on 4th and 17.... Ya.. anyway

10 minutes left Harvard ball bring on the smack thread...xlolx

37 - 0 Harvard...

Yale might not have 100 yards of total offense...

about 35 rushing
about 45 passing

we'll see...

Congrats to Harvard. The played a great game in the Bowl. I wish Yale would have joined them. Wait 'till next year......I hope.

[Cleets]

Yale avoids a shut-out...!!!!

their rookie star return man (who's had a great day) returns a punt 87 yrds... for 6... (missed extra point)

37 - 6 Harvard

That kid is really fast (like super-human fast)

[bulldog10jw]

While I didn't expect a rout, it was obvious that Yale's offense had regressed as the season went along. It's also obvious that if you run the ball 90% of the time, when you finally have to pass, it's just not there. Credit to Harvard and their coaches for a great gameplan and execution. Back to the drawing board for Yale. xsmhx

[Cleets]

This Harvard D has not given up a hundred yard rushing game in 2 1/2 years..!!!!

if it was going to happen McLeod was the guy, but they stuffed him with 8 in the box all day...

Agreed: Solid game plan by Harvard Coaches xnodx

[danefan]

Great win for Hahvahd!

You guys really exposed Yale! Good win and good season!

[Cleets]

GAME OVER: 37 - 6 Harvard

Final Game post:
1) Harvard D holds Yale to less than 100 yards of total offense
2) Pizzotti throws for 4 TD's and over 300 yards
3) Cleets does his first play by play game thread...

xnodx

on to the smack forum

[Harvard Worship]

Wow what a shock. For about the first 3 quarters I suspected that WHRB was running a prank or worse, that I was still asleep & dreaming of The Game.

Harvard really ran a run defense clinic today.

It seemed like the coaches had the same strategy this year as last: stop the run. It just seemed like this year they got off to a good start, didn't make any mistakes (and I mean none--not even a penalty until the 2nd half), and sort of snowballed.

[Ivytalk]

Congrats to Harvard. The played a great game in the Bowl. I wish Yale would have joined them. Wait 'till next year......I hope.

There's always a next year in this series!xthumbsupx Thanks, bulldog, for your usual class and good wishes. I heard the final score in the car radio on the way home from an all-afternoon concert rehearsal and thought they got it backwards! I'll catch the video later.;) I was bummed to have missed it, either way.

[brownbear]

Anyone have any pictures from the game that they can post online. I'd like to see how it looked at the bowl with 57,000 fans.

[Cleets]

Team Stat Comparison:


................................H..........Y
1st Downs..................25.........6

3rd down efficiency......10-21......1-13

Total Yards..................434.......109

Passing.......................316........43

Comp-Att....................27-42......3-22

Rushing......................118..........66

Possession..................37:59.......22:01