Harvard finished the season 3-7. And winners.

For Harvard, The Game this year presents the Crimson with the perfect opportunity to salvage a dismal season.

This year began with the Crimson looking to repeat its Ivy League title. Harvard was on top of the world last year, standing with its foot on the neck of the Bulldogs, the Ivy League trophy in hand.

The players looked forward to going 10-0.

"We'll take one game at a time," Harvard Captain Don Peterson said before the season.

Harvard started the year looking as if it would tear right through the league, starting with a 41-7 win over Columbia. A couple of non-conference losses did not mean anything. Losses to Cornell, Dartmouth and Princeton did. The Crimson was eliminated from the Ivy League title.

Losses piled up. Goals changed.

"We want to close out the year with wins over Penn and Yale," wide receiver Neil Phillips said after Harvard lost to Boston University.

Harvard lost to Penn, 52-13, last week.

Only The Game remains.