The Bruins, who have come out of the huddle throwing more than half the time this season, present an interesting challenge for a Crimson defense that has been forced to carry the team so far this season.

"It's going to be different," Crimson defensive tackle John Sparks said. "I don't know if we've come up against a real passing attack yet. We've gone up against running teams, and teams with a balanced attack, but I don't think we've gone up against a team like this."

Harvard defensive coordinator George Clemens has been gearing his first-ranked Ivy League pass defense to protect against the big plays that have plagued the squad all season.

"We have to press them," Clemens said. "but by the same token we know they're going to pass and we could get beaten. We have to find a balance."

That task may be made easier by the depletion of Kwiatkowski's soda can reserves. Bruin split end Mike Geroux, his sprained knee, and his 43 receptions will watch this contest from the sideline. Senior Jimmy Bisson will be making his first Brown start in an attempt to replenish the cola stock.

Harvard now looks to reevaluate its Ivy stock after falling into a second-place tie with Penn. One game separates the Crimson from the first-place party of Yale, Cornell and Dartmouth (all at 3-1 Ivy), and one game separates it from the last-place stigma shared by Columbia, Princeton and Brown (all at 1-3 Ivy).