Harvard rallies to defeat Yale 14-10
November 21, 2009
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP)—Collier Winters threw for 211 yards and two touchdownsSaturday as Harvard came back from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to beatrival Yale 14-10, the Crimson’s eighth win in nine years against the Bulldogs.
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Yale led 10-7 with just 2:25 left, but first-year coach Tom Williams calleda fake punt on a fourth-and-22 from Yale’s 26-yard line. Harvard (7-3, 6-1 Ivy)got the ball when Yale safety John Powers was dragged down at his 40.
Three plays later, Winters hit Chris Lorditch down the left seam for a32-yard score.
Gino Gordon ran for 86 yards on 13 carries, including a crucial 19-yardfourth-down run in the fourth quarter that sparked the Crimson comeback.
Alex Thomas had 124 yards on 26 carries for Yale (4-6, 2-5).
Harvard got on the board with just under 7 minutes left in the game. Wintershit Matt Luft with a 41-yard touchdown pass over the middle, two plays afterGordon converted that fourth down by spinning out of a tackle and racing downthe left sideline.
Yale had jumped out to an early lead. The Bulldogs marched 61 yards on theopening drive, scoring on a 26-yard field goal by Alex Barnes. They went up 10-0on a 3-yard run by Rodney Reynolds, his first career touchdown. That capped a59-yard drive set up when cornerback Adam Money recovered a fumble by Winters.
Harvard had several missed scoring opportunities, failing three times onfourth down, including a fake 30-yard field goal that ended when kicker PatrickLong’s pass was broken up by Larry Abare. Abare was playing with a cast on hisright arm, which he broke Oct. 17 against Lehigh.
Harvard ate up over 7 1/2 minutes of the third quarter on a 14-play drivethat was stopped by a Yale goal-line stand.
Yale’s Tom Mante, who hit a 56-yard field goal against Cornell earlier inthe year, missed a 63-yard try as time expired in the first half. It had thedistance, but was wide left. Yale also missed a 27-yard attempt, when Barnes waswide right in the fourth quarter.
The last time Harvard had won eight of nine from Yale was back in 1922.