Preparing for The Game on Saturday, we were reminded that yesterday was the 25th anniversary of one of the greatest Yale-Harvard football games of all time. At the Bowl in 1999, quarterback Joe Walland ’00, feverish from tonsillitis and nursing a sprained thumb, threw 51 consecutive passes in the second half after the Crimson shut down the Bulldogs' running game in the first half. The last of those passes, with 29 seconds left in the game, was caught in the end zone by a diving Eric Johnson ’01 (pictured) to give Yale a 24–21 victory.
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<<>> Eric Johnson '01 the tight end, "...played in the NFL after being drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in 2001. He also played for the New Orleans Saints. He missed the 2003 and 2005 seasons due to injuries, but led the 49ers in receiving in 2004. He retired from football in 2008" -Wikipedia .... He married the singer Jessica Simpson in 2014 and they now have two daughters and a son.
<<>> NOT to be confused with Eric Johnson the linebacker from Nebraska who also played NFL in the same time frame.