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Athlete of the Week: Carl Morris '03

There's a popular misconception in football that for a quarterback to have huge numbers, he has to throw the ball a long way through the air.

On Saturday afternoon, sophomore wide receiver Carl Morris decided to clear that one up.

Morris caught 10 passes for a Harvard record 220 yards with two touchdowns in the Crimson's stunning 42-37 upset at Brown on Saturday. He

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earned most of those yards on the ground, taking junior quarterback Neil

Rose's relatively short offerings and carrying them a long way.

The result was a banner day for the Harvard attack, racking up 586

total yards--third highest in school history--and Rose setting a record himself with 412 passing yards. Because of Morris, who was named the Ivy League Player of the Week, the Crimson rolled up 35 second-half

points to knock off the Bears, one of the preseason Ivy favorites.

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