"We played very crisply [in the second half]," Clawson said. "When the offense played well, it gave the defense hope. When you're young, you need good things to happen to build the momentum for you."

Meanwhile, Harvard's offense began to sputter. The Crimson proceeded to go three-and-out--the first of five consecutive possessions without a first down--on its next possession, giving the ball back to Georgia and the Rams.

"I think we were too relaxed coming out, then we started to press, and we didn't relax enough," Murphy said. "We have good personnel, and the scheme is fine. We just didn't make the same plays and we didn't hit the same throws in the second half."

The Fordham defense, which seemed overmatched and overpowered in the first half, began to have its way with Harvard in the second.

"We went into the half thinking they would expect us to run," Menick said. "We thought we'd be good enough to run. But they played good defense."

After receiving the ball at its own 47, Fordham began to drive once again. The Rams made to Harvard's 5 because of passes of 24 and 23 yards to Creer and McDermott, respectively, but stalled out after a bizarre play on third-and-goal.

Georgia dropped back to pass, fired and had his pass deflected at the line by Harvard. Rather than let the ball drop, however, Georgia caught the ball and threw once again into the end zone. The ball fell incomplete, and he was called for an illegal forward pass.