On first down, sophomore running back Matt Leiszler took the ball on a draw from Rose in the shotgun, but he was tackled by sophomore defensive tackle Matt Lange in the backfield for a loss of three yards.

Rose's pass to Leiszler in the flat was incomplete on the next play, which brought up third down with 13 yards to go.

Rose operated from the shotgun with trips to his right and found junior receiver Sam Taylor on a slant at the 50-yard line.

On the next play, Rose threw a pass down the sideline, but the ball was picked off by junior cornerback Ray Littleton, who returned the ball down to the Harvard 10-yard line before he was pushed out of bounds by Rose.

"I was a curl defender on that play," Littleton said. "They ran double slants, the quarterback didn't like the inside guy and didn't see me, so the ball came right to me."

Bartholomew took the ball up the middle for a gain of four yards on first down and goal after the interception. The Crimson called its second timeout after the play with 3:08 to go in The Game.

On second down, Lee rolled to his left and threw to junior tight end Jeff Ditman, but the coverage by junior free safety Shawn Parker was solid, and the pass fell incomplete.

On third-and-goal from the 6, Bartholomew took the ball on a run off the left side untouched into the end zone. Bartholomew's run made the score 34-24 with three minutes remaining. With the extra point, Murawczyk became the all-time leading scorer for Yale.