He was picked off on Harvard's second possession of the game. He then underthrew freshman Carl Morris when he was three yards past his defender on a route right down the middle of the field. He also overthrew Patterson on second-and-5 and the ball at the Brown 29 for his second interception.

The Bear defense played a major role in Harvard's offensive struggles and succeeded in shutting down Harvard in critical situations, applying constant pressure to Wilford and making the play when Wilford threw bad passes.

"Brown was bringing the pressure all day, give them credit for that," Murphy said. "But we didn't make the big plays offensively when we had to."

It was a tribute to the mental toughness of the defense that there was no letdown as the Harvard turnovers frequently forced the defense to rush back onto field with only a moment's rest.

"We call it sudden change," Kacyvenski said. "We practice it all week. In those situations, we have to make a play. We have to play hard-nosed football."

"To hold [Brown] to what we did in light of the turnovers, we couldn't have been any better defensively," Murphy said.

Patterson's dropped punt near the end of the first quarter on the Crimson 17 led to Brown's only score of the first half.