"They made a few adjustments [against theoption]," Kives said. "I think they brought thecorner down to help out more, and the free safetyshifted over to where the corner was. When you runit that long in the first half, they're going tomake adjustments."

Harvard got out to a first-quarter 7-0 leadwith an eight-play, 68-yard drive that ended withMenick's 18-yard touchdown run on an option pitchleft. The Crimson has not run much option thisyear, but Murphy said it was emphasized this weekbecause of Holy Cross's defense, which ispatterned after the University of Arizona's DesertSwarm.

This scheme puts a lot of defenders on theline, meaning every offensive lineman is covered,making it tough to run between the tackles.

The Crusaders answered in the second quarterwith a six-play, 54-yard drive highlighted byMichael Coleman's 20-yard reverse. Chambers dovein from two yards out to tie the game at 7-7.

The win gives Harvard a two-game winning streakand some momentum as it travels to Princeton (3-2,2-0 Ivy), the current Ivy leader. A Crimson losswould almost definitely end its chance for arepeat undisputed league championship.

Although Murphy has to sort out his quarterbacksituation, Saturday showed he can always rely onone formula on offense: make Menick feel guilty.

HARVARD, 20-14at Harvard StadiumHolyCross  0  7  0  7  0  --  14Harvard  7  0  7  0  6  --  20

First QuarterHar--Menick, 18 run (Patton kick), 7:06.

Second QuarterHC--Chambers, 2 run (Fiatarone kick), 12:44.

Third QuarterHar--Menick, 11 pass from Wilford (Patton kick),12:34.

Fourth QuarterHC--Thompson, 7 pass from Kives (Fiatarone kick),5:53.

OvertimeHar--Menick, 16 run, 0:00.Rushing: HC--Chambers 19-57, Kives 15-38,Coleman 1-20, Walz 2-10, Thompson 2-6, Aloisi 1-5,TOTAL 40-136; Har--Menick 29-171, Wilford 7-17,Patterson 1-12, Linden 7-6, Nwokocha 2-2, TOTAL46-204.Passing: HC--Kives 30-16-0 (123), Boland1-0-0, Chambers 1-0-0, TOTAL--32-16-0;Har--Wilford 16-10-0 (98), Linden 10-5-0 (50),TOTAL 26-15-0 (148).Receiving: HC--Chambers 3-17, Hall 3-30,Thompson 3-16, Andrews 2-24, Green 2-12, Aloisi1-4, Bestpitch 1-8, Visalli 1-12, TOTAL 16-123;Har--Patterson 6-69, Stakich 2-25, Wilske 2-19,Heller 1-16, Menick 1-11, Mitchell 1-0, Eitzmann1-0, Nwokocha 1-8, TOTAL 15-148.Interceptions: None.FG Missed: HC--Fiatarone 42, 40.Time of Possession: HC--29:32, Har--30:28.Attendance: 5,574.