The Bisons had come close, however. Earlier in its season, Bucknell narrowly lost to UMass, 13-11, at the Princeton Invitational. The Crimson, conversely, lost all of its games to the Minutemen by at least five points.
Bucknell displayed its ability to play good teams well again against the Crimson. Harvard led, 8-3, in the second quarter, but Bucknell stormed back to tie the game in the fourth.
"I think some of us thought this would be an easy victory," Crosby said. "I wish we'd been a little less complacent. We needed to keep up the attack and the defense, and we didn't."
Harvard managed to slow the Bisons' momentum in the last quarter to preserve the victory.
Princeton 7, Harvard 6
For Harvard, however, it essentially represented the Ivy League Championship. The Crimson had already beaten Brown, the only other Ivy League school with a varsity team.
When last they met, Harvard was unable to make the score close until the very end of the game. This time, the contest was tighter, but the result was the same.
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