Dawson and Tyler combined for 161 yards and were only shown up by Edwards and Fitzpatrick, who combined for countless broken tackles.
When the Crusaders opened the game in man coverage, Fitzpatrick found Edwards time and time again. The junior showed sure hands and shifty feet, eluding tackler after would-be tackler and speeding around to the outside for an extra 20 yards per catch.
Then Holy Cross went to a zone. So Fitzpatrick threw shorter passes to guys like Matt Fratto and Rodney Byrnes and started scrambling, breaking ankles and hearts and records.
There weren’t enough plays for all the playmakers that emerged on Saturday, and after the game the overwhelming sensation was, “Let’s play two!” You wanted to see more of these guys. You didn’t want the game to end, but when it finally did, all anyone was thinking about was the players who were on the field.
After the game, Fitzpatrick was asked which of the Crimson’s six touchdowns was his favorite. He paused and replied, “I’m trying to think of all the touchdowns. It is really tough to remember them all.”
Just 15 minutes after the game, Fitzpatrick had forgotten his own TDs.
But everyone else had forgotten Neil Rose’s.
—Staff writer Lande A. Spottswood can be reached at spottsw@fas.harvard.edu.