Murphy gave backup quarterback Brad Wilford oneseries at the end of the first quarter, apparentlyto keep him fresh after the junior had sat theentire game against Princeton.

Wilford displayed his usual zip, slingingfastballs for 12 yards to Wilske and 13 yards toMenick to go 2-for-4 before the drive stalled.

The 7-0 lead held for most of the first half,as the Crimson defense stifled any chances at aDartmouth rally. The Big Green, which averagedonly 2.0 yards per rush entering Saturday's game,netted a pitiful 24 yards on 22 rushing playsthrough two quarters.

Tailback Reggie Belhomme, who averaged 3.0yards-per-carry coming in, carried eight times for23 yards and never succeeded in establishing alegitimate rushing threat.

"The key to today was stopping the run firstand foremost," Nowinski said. "Once they starteddropping back to pass, we wanted to get pressureon the quarterback, and fortunately we were ableto do that."

The offensive woes even prompted Lyons toswitch quarterbacks, giving freshman blue-chipperBrian Mann two series in relief of senior MikeCoffey. Neither was effective in the first half,as Coffey was 8-of-10 for just 59 yards and Mann0-for-3.

Harvard upped its lead to 10-0 on a bizarresequence that came at the end of the half andbegan when the Big Green sinned on special teams.

Punting on fourth-and-11 from the Dartmouth45-yard line, junior Wayne Schlobohm handled a lowsnap on one bounce but felt he did not have enoughtime to get off a kick.

Schlobohm rolled to his left and ran five yardsupfield, but before junior defensive back MikeMadden could close for the tackle, the ball poppedfree from Schlobohm's hands, and junior linebackerJeff Svicarovich recovered at the Dartmouth32-yard line with 41 seconds left in the half.

After a penalty pushed the Crimson into afirst-and-24 at the Dartmouth 46, Linden connectedwith Wilske on a 21-yard post pattern and withMenick for nine yards on a screen pass right.

With three seconds remaining, juniorplacekicker Mike Giampaolo punched through a34-yard field goal that gasped and wheezed as itcleared the crossbar.

"It was kind of back and forth until we bobbleda punt there, gave them an opportunity, and theykicked a field goal right before the half," Lyonssaid.

More Halloween spookiness allowed the Crimsonto post a backbreaking touchdown with 9:10remaining in the third quarter when junior flankerTerence Patterson's miraculous 32-yard receptionset up Menick's second touch down of theafternoon.

On a second-and-three from the Dartmouth 37,Patterson ran a long post down the middle of thefield, but Linden overthrew him at the Dartmouth10. Sophomore safety Brad Eissler corralled theinterception across his body, but lost control ashe landed.

The ball popped up in midair where Patterson,still on top of the play, grabbed it and rolledforward to the Dartmouth five-yard-line.