While the Tigers have lost by some big margins and won handily as well, the three teams that have beaten Princeton this year are a combined 14-2 and the two teams the Tigers have beaten have gone 1-11 this season.
"We really don't know how good Princeton is," Murphy said.
The key to this game, it seems, may be whether the Crimson defense can contain a passing offense in the second half. With four straight letdowns after halftime, the defense certainly has not shown any signs of being able to do so thus far.
If the remarkably consistent offense holds true to form, the defense should again have a late lead to protect.
The Crimson has never scored fewer than twenty points all season and topped thirty once.
It seems, therefore, that the Harvard defense has something to prove--that it can stop the pass in the fourth quarter. If it can shut down Princeton's aerial attack, look for the Crimson to sport a winning record in the Ivy league next week.