Rose capped the drive with a one-yard touchdown plunge on an option play to put Harvard in the lead, 14-7, with 7:59 to go in the second quarter.

Harvard forced a Lafayette three-and-out on the next drive on the strength of a sack by senior defensive tackle R.D. Kern, as well as a Fitzgerald stop of Ritchie for a gain of just one on third-and-10.

Morris made his presence felt on special teams, returning the ensuing punt to Harvard's 49-yard line. Meeker ran a reverse on first down, but the Leopard defense was not fooled and stopped Meeker for no gain.

On second down, Palazzo ran up the middle and made enough defenders miss to get a 12-yard gain on the play.

Rose dropped back and found Stakich for what appeared to be a short completion on the next play, but Stakich ran through the first would be Leopard tackler and, with help from some downfield blocking by the wide receivers, turned the short pass into a 38-yard touchdown catch.

With 4:15 to go in the half, Harvard took a 21-7 lead. After another three-and-out by Lafayette, highlighted by tough Crimson coverage downfield that forced three consecutive incomplete passes, Harvard took over at its 19-yard line.

The Crimson ran out the remainder of the first half and drove down to the Leopard 21 where sophomore kicker Anders Blewitt left his field goal attempt short to end the half.

Though the Crimson was up by only 14, and Lafayette cut the lead to 21-13 in the third, the game was never really in doubt after a second quarter that the Crimson completely dominated.