WEST POINT, N.Y.--Seven minutes into the Harvard-Army football game here at Michie Stadium yesterday the scoreboard read Harvard 14, Army 0.

Army is a Division I-A team. Harvard was soundly defeated by Division I-AA Holy Cross last weekend.

It couldn't be possible.

It was.

It couldn't last.

It didn't.

The Cadets (2-1) stormed back, scoring seven unanswered touch-downs en route to an eventual 56-28 victory in front of 39,115 spectators. It was the most points scored against the Crimson (1-2 overall, 1-0 Ivy) in 29 seasons.

"I think today demonstrated that we're still not good enough to forget about the Ivies," Army Coach Jim Young said. "I think they give us just as good a game as a Syracuse, Washington or Alabama. Of course, [the Ivy teams] are going to be the underdogs. But that doesn't mean they're going to lose the game."

Harvard quarterback Tim Perry threw a career-high number of completions (20) for a career-high total yards (311). It was the fourth-best passing game in Crimson history. And it wasn't even close to enough.

The Cadets threw the ball a mere three times. Two of those passes were good for touchdowns.

Starting quarterback Bryan McWilliams connected with split end Sean Jordan for a 44-yard touchdown pass 8:21 into the first quarter to put the Cadets on the scoreboard. And QB number-two, Willie McMillian, hit Calvin Cass with a 25-yd. pop just 23 seconds into the fourth quarter to close Army's solo scoring stretch.

In between, the Cadets ran. And ran. And ran. Fourteen Army men combined for 412 total yards on the ground.

Before the onslaught, though, came the scare. An Army flub and a Crimson fumble in the first eight minutes of the game gave Harvard a pair of touchdowns and a 14-0 lead.

After the Cadets were called for illegal participation on a Harvard punt, the Crimson took possession at the Army 32 and scored six plays later on a five-yd. pass from Perry to fullback Art McMahon at the 3:21 mark of the first quarter.

Harvard, who had a season-low three fumbles, came out ahead on its first loose ball of the game. Perry found Dave Haller open in the seam for a 13-yard reception, but the ball popped loose as Haller hit the turf. Senior Mark Bianchi grabbed the free ball and ran it into the end zone for the first of his three touchdowns.