Instead of dying, the Crimson players fought back and came within a yard of scoring.

Hager came far out of the goal minutes later to cut down the angle on Harvard's Jaime Vargas. Vargas rocketed a ball that bounced straight back off Hager. The Crimson junior instinctively kicked his foot again and the ball went past Hager toward the empty goal fifteen yards away.

But the wet, dug-up ground slowed the ball and Brown fullback Walt Scott-Craig caught up to it and cleared it wide.

Harvard never again came so close, but Brown missed several clear shots from close range.

The fourth quarter was all Brown, until the final three minutes. Then Scott Robertson and Vargas came alive and mounted a final offensive. Hoeppner got off the Crimson's best shot of the half, but time ran out with the score still 3-2.

The win boosted Brown's record to 12-0-1, and left Harvard's 7-3-1.