On Harvard's first offensive play, Rose found Morris on a simple seven-yard slant pattern. Morris, who had a step on his defender, juked the Quaker safety and outran three Penn players to turn a seven-yard pass into a 77-yard touchdown.

Of the Crimson's four touchdown drives, only one took more than a minute off the clock. The other three took 0:12 seconds, 0:18 seconds and an even minute off the clock respectively.

Harvard made big plays in the air but it also made them on the ground. Palazzo shed three would-be Penn tacklers as he broke a 66-yard touchdown run through the middle of the defense.

Perhaps as a result of this big-play-ability, the Crimson did not put together many sustained drives. In fact, the first Harvard drive that took more than two minutes off the clock didn't come until the third quarter when the Crimson started to pound the ball on the ground.

Overall, Penn had a big advantage in time-of-possession. The Quakers had the ball for a total of 38:59 and Harvard for only 21:01.

Big 'D'

Defensively, Harvard played perhaps its best game of the season. An interesting subplot to this season has been the improvement of the defense from week to week as it tried to match the ability of the offense.

Against Penn the defense matched and surpassed the offense's performance.