This score gave Harvard the lead for good. The touchdown play was typical of the entire game. Princeton brought pressure on Rose on most passing plays, but Rose was able to stay alive in the pocket and find his receivers downfield.

"They've got some great receivers with Morris and Cremarosa and the rest," Princeton Coach Roger Hughes said. "We didn't feel like we could match-up with them downfield with our defensive backs. So we had to blitz Rose and, to his credit, he found a way to get the ball to his receivers."

The Crimson score, coming immediately on the heels of the Princeton touchdown and happening on fourth down, gave all the momentum to Harvard, which didn't relinquish it for the rest of the game.

On the next drive, Princeton downed a squib kick at its 34-yard line. After a false-start penalty on its first play, Splithoff found sophomore wide receiver Chisom Opara at the Princeton 42-yard line for a 13-yard gain.

Senior running back Tim Ligue gained three yards on the next play for a Tigers first down at the Princeton 45-yard line.

The Tigers gave the ball back to Ligue on a draw that went for seven yards on the next play. On second-and-3, Princeton was called for a false start. So, on second-and-8, sophomore running back Cameron Atkinson took the ball up the middle of the Harvard defense but was stopped after a gain of three by senior defensive tackle R.D. Kern.

On third down with five yards to go Splithoff dropped back to pass but junior defensive end Marc Laborsky beat senior offensive tackle John Raveche and sacked Splithoff, who was also called for intentional grounding on the play.

On fourth down with 21 yards to go, on its own 34-yard line, Princeton punted to sophomore wide receiver Carl Morris who returned the punt to the Harvard 31-yard line.