Mechling took over at quarterback for the touchdown drive, and turned in its biggest play himself, a seven-yard bootleg for a first down. Dockery scored moments later on a five-yard dash off left tackle.
For the first time all day, Penn moved into Harvard territory on an 11-yard run by Molloy to the Crimson 45. They promptly got dumped back again when Pete Hall nailed Molloy for a five-yard loss.
Now Grant, the day's leading runner with 91 yards in 15 carries, turned in the most exciting run of the afternoon.
He took the handoff on a double reverse, raced to the right sideline, then reversed his field and sprinted to the left side behind a block by third-stringer Joe O'Donnell that took out two Quakers. He was finally pushed out on the left side, 42 yards downfield on the Penn 3.
A penalty moved the ball to the four, and Mechling took it over on three sneaks. Jim Babcock's first conversion (he had missed one previously after injured Maury Dulles kicked three) closed out the scoring.
Finally, trailing by five touchdowns, Penn tested Harvard's suspect pass defense. The Quakers had thrown just three times in the first half. Now Kennedy marched them to the Harvard seven, completing five passes. But his sixth throw went to Harvard linebacker Bob Barrett, who looked like he might pull a Dockery-style return before Molloy nailed him at the 20.
It was Molloy's last play on a day that saw him carry 28 times for 55 yards, punt nine times, throw a pass, catch two, and return two punts and a kickoff. It was a courageous performance, but a futile one against a Harvard line that turned off Penn's running attack like a faucet. Molloy was thrown for losses half a dozen times.
The win moved Harvard into third place in the Ivy League at 3-1. Penn dropped out of sight, losing its fourth straight league game.
"It looks like the gods are against us," said the Penn radio announcer, wrapping it up.