Coming into the season, sophomore Chris Menick was slightly ahead of Jones in what was expected to be a running back rotation.
"Troy forced us to give him the ball more, but we also said we'll go with the guy who has the hot hand," Murphy said.
Jones definitely was hot from the beginning. On Harvard's second drive of the game, he opened with a 27-yard run to the left. He then ran up the gut for 10 in the play after. Harvard went on to score and never looked back from that point on.
Obviously, Jones did not win the game single-handedly. No one does when it's a 38-point blowout. He got great blocking from the offensive line, which did not allow a sack while starting quarterback Rich Linden was in the game.
And the defense, as usual, forced turnovers and made big plays to shorten the field for the offense.
"The offensive line blocked extremely well to open up holes and enabled me to do my job, "Jones said.
That quote sounds just like the Harvard running back who for the three previous years always deflected credit to his line. Guess "hu."