The defense limited Penn to just three points on the three drives that the Quakers started deep in Harvard territory after the three Crimson turnovers that started the second half.

Harvard's run defense was stifling throughout the game, limiting the Quakers to a total of 119 yards on the ground.

Throughout the game, the Harvard defense also contained Hoffman, though his stats might not seem to suggest it.

Hoffman completed 34-of-47 passes for 394 yards and two touchdowns. But, he also threw two interceptions and he was unable to complete passes down the field. Hoffman's longest pass of the day was 32 yards. Most of his completions were to receivers or running backs who were running patterns of no more than 10 yards.

On all of Hoffman's passes the Crimson coverage was right there and while the Harvard defensive backs couldn't always break up the pass--though often they did--they were always able to immediately make the tackle and limit the yards after the catch.

Harvard was able to pressure the quarterback as well, sacking Hoffman four times and pressuring him repeatedly.

On Penn's last scoring drive, Hoffman completed his longest pass of the day, to senior wide receiver Jason Battung who gathered the ball in over senior safety Mike Brooks. Brooks had good coverage on Battung, but he didn't turn to see the ball in time.

Similarly, on the next play, Hoffman found junior wide receiver Rob Milanese who was covered well by junior cornerback Andy Fried but Fried just didn't turn to see the ball coming and Milanese made the play for the winning score.