The very next week, Harvard lost to Cornell, 24-23. Giampaolo had a 40-yard field goal attempt blocked in the final minutes. Had that kick been good, it coulda been another Harvard win.
In Week Eight, Harvard fell by a touchdown to Brown, 17-10, on a mistake-filled afternoon. Wilford threw four interceptions for four of the six Crimson turnovers on the day. If two of those interceptions had turned into a touchdown and a field goal, game over, Harvard wins.
Against Penn, the Crimson defense gave up a 50-yard bomb on fourth-and-10 to fall 21-17. If the defense had shut Penn quarterback Gavin Hoffman down, it would have been another notch on the Crimson's belt.
And then, yesterday, The Game.
"It hurts a lot more to lose this game than the other ones," Harvard captain Chris Eitzmann said.
It was a fitting end to the season, even if it wasn't the one the Crimson wanted. And although they lost this game and the others, throughout them all, the Heartbreak Kids showed a lot of heart.