Freshman linebacker Isaiah Kacyvenski returned Harvard's second pick-off of the game four yards on the next drive to the Princeton 39-yard line. Running backs Chris Menick and Eion Hu (another typical performance: 132 yards on 32 carries) and a spearing penalty brought Harvard to the 18.
Korinke put the drive's points on the board with a 35-yard field goal. Freshman running back Chris Menick (you should be noticing a pattern of freshmen here) scored Harvard's final touchdown with 32 seconds left to play.
"Our defense was kicking them off the field in three plays every time. We finally got some drives going in the second half," Riley said.
Perhaps the straw that broke the Tigers' back wasn't on a scoring drive and didn't come in the fourth quarter. Harvard had possession first in the third quarter, and although the drive ended on a fruitless Korinke field goal attempt, the Crimson offense had delivered a suitable prologue to the three fourth-quarter scores.
"I think the one in the second half where we got down to the 10, didn't score but took a lot of time off the clock, really hurt them," Riley said.
Both teams had trouble on offense in the first half. Linden endured five sacks. Harvard turned the ball over twice, although Princeton couldn't even come close to capitalizing. Neither team could move the ball on the other.
"In the first half, we tried to spread them out and throw the ball and I think they did a pretty good job keeping us off balance with the blitzes," Murphy said. "In the second half, as well as our defense was playing, we just decided to pound it and our kids responded on both sides of the ball.