Harvard's players did not know at the time that it was all the scoring they would need. The Crimson got back on the board in the second quarter with the first of two gutsy goalline calls by Coach Tim Murphy.

The play was set up by a 38-yard bomb to Chupaila on the first play of the drive at 5:42 of the second. Linden took the snap at Penn's 43, faked a handoff to Menick running left, faked a reverse to sophomore Terence Patterson running right,and tossed to Chupaila streaking along the left hashmark. Chupaila leapt near the eight-yard line and made an over-the-shoulder grab, all while being held by Penn free safety Mike Ferguson.

Three plays later, Harvard found itself facing a fourth-and-goal from the one-yard line. Murphy decided to go for it, and it paid off.

"We said before the season started that we were going to be aggressive," Murphy said. "We had a quarterback who had some seasoning, we had a veteran receiving group and we have a good offensive line."

The Crimson set up in its standard goalline run formation, with sophomore linebacker Isaiah Kacyvenski and sophomore fullback Damon Jones lined up to block for Menick. But instead, Linden took one step back and lobbed the ball over the pile to junior tight end Chris Eitzmann in the back of the end zone. Sophomore Mike Giampaolo's extra point made the score 14-0 Harvard.

The same play worked again at the start of the fourth. With Harvard leading 27-0 and facing fourth-and-goal from the one, Linden dropped back and threw and easy touchdown pass to senior tight end Tom Giardi.

"We committed all 11 men to the run and as soon as he threw the ball, there was no one there in pass coverage," Bagnoli said.

By then, however, Harvard had already put the game away. The Crimson started the second half with a 20-0 lead but it was obvious that it had no intention of stopping there.

Harvard mounted a 10-play, 60-yard scoring drive to open the second half. Menick had several strong rushes during the drive, having his way with the Penn defensive line to the tune of four rushes for a total of 22 yards. Linden ended the drive by running wide right on an option into the end zone.

Menick finished the game with 77 rushing yards, bringing his season total to 1,100, just two short of all-time single-season mark established by Eion Hu '97 in 1995. Menick actually tied the record during the course of the game, but was knocked back for a two yard loss on his final run, in the fourth quarter.

Harvard's offense featured a healthy mix of air and ground attacks, as 144 of its 362 total yards came on the ground. Harvard's offensive line came up big, preventing All-Ivy defensive tackle Mitch Marrow from getting to Linden after the first quarter.

"We did a great job with of game-planning today," said senior offensive tackle Matt Birk. "When Marrow was lined up either over myself or the left guard Mike Shreve, we'd make our reads and if they didn't blitz, we were able to double-team him a lot."

But the story all day was the defense. Harvard's secondary picked off three passes yesterday, the first of which led to the Crimson's third score of the afternoon.

With the Crimson up 14-0 late in the second quarter, the Quakers were driving deep into Harvard territory. Facing a fourth-and-five from the Harvard 27, quarterback Matt Rader threw a swing pass to the right to tailback Jim Finn, who caught the pass but was hit immediately by strong safety Aron Natale.

The ball popped out of Finn's hands and into the welcoming arms of junior defensive back Glenn Jackson, who sprinted 67 yards into the end zone.

"That play was a big momentum swing," Smith said. They were really coming back. They would have had a first down, and maybe even more.