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Notebook: Turnovers Overshadow Records

Morris broke Harvard's single-season receptions record and tied the single-game mark, catching the ball 13 times on the day for a total of 60 receptions on the season. Morris also tied a Harvard record with eight touchdowns as a receiver for the year.

"I knew about the records going into the game, but I wasn't thinking about it during the action," Morris said. "I'm not a big records guy. I'm more into the final numbers on the scoreboard, so the records don't mean too much."

Senior running back Chuck Nwokocha branded his name into the annals of Crimson history with his 94-yard kickoff return in the second quarter. The return, a nifty scamper down the right sideline where Nwokocha juked and broke tackles before outrunning the entire Yale special teams unit for the final fifty yards, was the longest ever against Yale and the first against the Bulldogs since 1983.

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Numerous Yale players broke records of their own in The Game. Senior wide receiver Eric Johnson became Yale's all-time leading receiver in both yardage and receptions. His 86 catches this year is also a school record.

Additionally, Johnson set a Yale record with 13 touchdowns on the season, the most for a receiver in one season. Johnson tied the game at 24 with an unbelievable one-handed catch in the back of the end zone with 8:35 remaining in the fourth quarter. He finished the contest with thirteen catches for 113 yards and two touchdowns.

"This means so much to me, not only for all the records, but to play in

Boston in front of all my hometown fans...that's just unbelievable," Johnson said.

Johnson is from Needham, Massachusetts and was recruited by Harvard. Last year, Johnson made "The Catch," a reception that won the game late in the fourth quarter for Yale.

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