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Football Hopes to Leave Penn Quaking

Tomorrow, the Harvard football team looks to rebound from a losing a Bear fight by sticking it to Penn.

The Crimson (5-3, 3-2 Ivy) will face the Quakers (4-4, 3-2 Ivy) in what shapes up to be a very even game on paper.

The Quakers are coming off a 41-13 win over Princeton. Led by sophomore running back Kris Ryan who had 31 carries for 151 yards on the day, Penn stayed alive in the Ivy race.

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The loser of this game will suffer a significant blow to its Ivy League title hopes. With both teams clinging to a last shred of hope for an Ivy crown, this game figures to be an intense match-up.

Offensively, the Quakers are a very similar team to the Crimson. Both teams like to run the football. On the ground, Penn is averaging 156 yards per game and 3.9 yards per carry.

The Quaker ground attack is spearheaded by Ryan, the league's leading rusher. He has 1161 yards and 10 touchdowns on the season and averages 5.8 yards per rushing attempt.

"We have to stop the run," Coach Tim Murphy said. "That has got to be your first concern when you play Penn. If you don't stop their ground game, they'll dictate the way the game progresses."

Although the Penn ground game has got to be a concern for Harvard, the passing game, led by sophomore quarterback Gavin Hoffman, who completed 15-of-28 passes for 150 yards against Princeton, is also a threat.

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