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Football Notebook: The Other Offensive Miscues

The Harvard Football Team administered another drubbing to a sub-par Ivy opponent on Saturday, beating Columbia, 34-0.

But, unlike last week against Dartmouth, the Crimson didn't execute its offensive game plan particularly well, despite totaling 527 total yards from scrimmage.

Punt? Yeah Right.

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Strange as it may seem, Harvard did not punt the ball once against Columbia--a statistic better suited to video-game football than real life.

All of Harvard's possessions ended either in Crimson scores or turnovers.

Junior quarterback Neil Rose threw three interceptions, all to sophomore free safety Philip Murray.

Harvard opened strong, scoring touchdowns on its first two drives. All but one of the plays on the initial drive were passes from Rose to his wide receivers and all but one of those passes were directed to junior wide receiver Sam Taylor.

Taylor has emerged over the past couple of weeks as Rose's favorite target over the middle.

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