This interception set up a series of great passes for the Crimson which put it on top 21-0 at the half.

Despite a holding penalty-one of the 11 penalties which cost Harvard a total of 114 yards-Harvard battled back from two-and-25 as Linden scrambled for 21 yards, his longest sneak of the day.

And then came the air strike. Linden passed to senior Jared Chupaila for a first down, but after a hard hit from the Lehigh blitz, Linden sat out the next three plays.

Gavin Hamels, the replacement quarterback, needed no time to warm up, as HARVARD  35 LEHIGH  30

he immediately connected a 13-yard pass to junior Damon Jones that put the Crimson on the seven-yard line, first and goal. Linden reentered the game and proceeded to connect with Terence Patterson for one of his two touchdowns on the day.

A great pass to tight end Chris Eitzmann for the rush conversion capped off the impressive Crimson drive and ended the first half with a solid 21-0 lead.

The Lehigh offense played a whole new game in the second half. Revitalized by the outstanding play of Stambaugh, who went 21-for-30 for 245 yards, the Mountain Hawks scored for the first time with 4:10 left in the third. Lehigh running-back Brian Baker ran 68 yards for a touchdown, making it 28-6.

The final quarter proved to be particularly problematic for the Crimson. Lehigh scored four touchdowns in the fourth quarter alone, all on passes from Stambaugh.

The Lehigh defense held the Crimson to only 62 yards all quarter; while the Lehigh offense managed to rack up 229 yards, 192 of which came from Stambaugh's superb passing. The one element missing in the Lehigh attack, however, was its failure to convert on all five of its two-point opportunities.

But Harvard's defense was not altogether missing. On Lehigh's opening set of the second half the Crimson stopped Lehigh just short of a first down at the 26. And then the line stopped them again on the resulting fourth-and-one, forcing a crucial turnover on downs.

Nonetheless, the final quarter was less than spectacular, but Harvard managed to endure the 15 minutes of torture, pulling out with a win.

A number of things could have turned the game. Had Lehigh been more successful in their extra-point attempts or put Stambaugh in earlier, this season could have started like most of the rest, with a win and a loss.

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