“They literally have played, like us, three backs,” Murphy said. “So it doesn’t matter who’s in there, they can all carry the football. At least two of them have breakaway type of speed so there’s no question that if the weather gets bad, we’re going to have to keep those guys under wraps.”
“The key to their offense is going to be stopping the run,” captain Carl Ehrlich said. “I think the real battle is their offensive line versus our defensive line. The real battle is going to be holding the line of scrimmage.”
Harvard’s defensive line will have to fight through offensive linemen that Murphy estimates to weigh an average of 300 pounds.
“Patriot [League] linemen tend to be a little bigger,” Ehrlich said.
On both sides of the ball, the Crimson will face a talented Lafayette team that intends to go undefeated in Ivy League play.
“We had a great week of preparation,” Iannuzzi said. “I think we’re well prepared.”