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Crimson Turns Over 117th to Yale

Elis capitalize on Crimson's comedy of errors

On the kickoff, Meeker bobbled the ball and managed to return it only to the six-yard line.

On first down, Rose found Taylor at the 23-yard line for a first down.

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Rose then dropped to pass but he was nearly picked off by LoProto. Operating out of the hurry-up offense, Rose passed to sophomore Nick Palazzo over the middle, but his pass was broken up by good Yale coverage.

On third-and-10 at the 24, Rose threw for sophomore wide receiver Carl Morris, who set the single-season record for completions this year, but Rose missed him and the ball again fell incomplete.

On fourth-and-10 at the 24, Rose tried to force a pass down the field, but it was intercepted by senior strong safety Than Merrill at the Harvard 39 with 2:10 to go.

Bartholomew took the ball on first down but was stuffed by the Harvard defense. Harvard took a time out to stop the clock at 2:02.

On third-and-10, Bartholomew ran the ball up the middle for a gain of two yards as the clock wound past 1:00. Yale then accepted a delay of game penalty before punting the ball to Harvard. Yale downed the punt at the Harvard one-yard line.

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