After suffering through fourth quarter comebacks by the opposing team in each of the past four weeks, Harvard finally took command of a game in its final minutes on Saturday to beat Princeton at the Stadium, 13-6.

"I knew that this game would come down to the last series," Harvard Coach Tim Murphy said.

Harvard (4-2, 2-1 Ivy) took over at its own 42 after a botched kickoff by Tigers kicker Taylor Northrop with 3:32 left in the game and the score tied, 6-6.

After an incomplete pass from senior quarterback Brad Wilford, who completed 11-of-24 passes for 101 yards, senior running back Chris Menick broke through the Tigers' defense with a run of 17 yards to the Princeton 41.

Menick had 27 carries for 169 yards and carried the Crimson offense for most of the day, but the Tigers held Menick for no gain on the subsequent first down play. After another incompletion by Wilford, Harvard was faced with a critical third-and-10 yards to go.

Wilford dropped back to pass again and, finding no one open, scrambled down the right sideline, breaking three would-be Princeton tackles, for a 16-yard gain to the Tigers' 25.

After the Wilford scramble, Coach Tim Murphy decided to give Princeton a healthy dose of the Harvard running game.

Menick ran for three yards on each of the next two downs before bulling his way to the Tigers' 9-yard line and another Crimson first down. Menick then victimized the Princeton defense again, running the ball to the one-foot line.