Ultimately, however, it was the strength of the Bison defense that dealt Harvard the disheartening defeat, as the Crimson was unable to maintain this level of play throughout the game.

As if a mirror of its previous game, the team played a far poorer tail end of the contest.

Harvard 34

Cornell 9

Rebounding quickly from its loss to Bucknell the previous weekend, the Crimson beat Cornell for the first time in 11 years.

Offensively, the Crimson destroyed the Big Red defense, totalling 464 yards and scoring four touchdowns.

The opposition, in contrast, was held to a mere 247 total yards, its presence on the board the result of three field goals.

Perhaps most importantly, Harvard demonstrated that it had found the consistency of play that had been lacking in the previous two matches.

Harvard 52

Holy Cross 24

You know it's going to be a good year when, halfway through the season, you've already matched the previous year's total wins.

Chris Menick rushed for 261 yards, the second-highest single-season mark in school history, and Linden tallied a career-high 272 yards. The match followed a now-familiar pattern, as Harvard jumped out early with three touchdowns to take comfortable control of the game, 21-0.

Holy Cross, however, refused to go down without a fight, and scored twice in the second quarter in a span of 1:22 to keep the pressure on.

Harvard 14

Princeton 12