The news gets even better for Harvard. Rose, who spent 1999 on the bench with a foot injury, intends to use his extra year of eligibility and stay on as quarterback for the 2002 season. The mighty Rose-Morris connection will be reunited for one more year.

“We’ve got a lot to look forward to,” Morris said. “Everybody will be trying to take us down, so it’ll be a great challenge. But we’re just the team to take it on.”

It will be tough for Rose to repeat his success from this season. Rose registered a 64.1 completion percentage, throwing for 15 touchdowns and just five inteceptions over eight games.

Even more impressively, Rose posted those numbers despite being pulled from the Princeton game and missing the Dartmouth game with an injured shoulder.

The team remains proud of its unbeaten season.

“Obviously, you’re excited and its a great compliment, but more than anything it’s just an honor to be part of this team,” Stark said. “[Honors like] All-Ivy are forgotten, but we’ll always go down as those guys who were on the undefeated team in 2001.”