Lum once again took to the air, and once again his pass was intercepted—this time, by junior Collin Zych, who anchored the defense with two picks, two pass breakups, and six tackles.

Winters and his offense started driving from the Lehigh 38, and eight plays later, sophomore Adam Chrissis hauled in a three-yard catch for another score.

The two touchdowns were the highlights of an extremely productive second quarter for Harvard, which held the ball for more than 10 minutes and outgained Lehigh 162-35. The Crimson threatened once more in the waning seconds of the half, but senior Patrick Long’s 36-yard field goal attempt went wide right.

But Winters had his hands full with the Mountain Hawks’ defensive line, getting sacked six times. The junior finished with 152 passing yards, two touchdowns, and an interception while gaining no net yardage on the ground.

“Harvard’s a very big, physical football team,” Lehigh coach Andy Coen said. “But I thought, all in all, the defense played well enough that if offensively we were doing what we do, we would have had a chance to win the football game.”

Senior Matt Luft, the Crimson’s top receiver, missed the game with an injury, and Winters’ favorite target, junior Chris Lorditch, finished with just one catch for 13 yards—though a second-quarter catch that was ruled out-of-bounds should have been called a touchdown, according to video replay.

With Winters getting roughed up, it was the performance of Harvard’s two running backs, Ho and sophomore Demetrius Gadson, that carried the Crimson offense. Gadson finished with 52 yards on 14 carries.

Ho added another touchdown midway through the third frame, carrying the ball himself on the final three plays of the drive and capping it with a five-yard run to the endzone.

Up 21-7, the Crimson defense did not let up. With Lehigh on the Harvard 19-yard line, the Crimson stopped receiver Jake Drwal just inches short of a first down on an attempted fourth-down conversion. And though the Harvard offense wasn’t making much noise, Zych and Takamura ended Lehigh’s next two drives with interceptions.

“[Not finishing drives] is the thing of the day for us,” Lum said. “We’ve got to keep it going all the way and not stop.”

Lum was able to pull his offense together in the final quarter, capping an 80-yard drive with a one-yard run to make the final score 28-14.

But it was too little, too late for the Mountain Hawks, as the Crimson ate up the last 3:50 to seal the win.

“Right now, our strengths are that we’re pretty balanced as a team, we’re solid in every unit,” Murphy said. “And right now, effort. We’re doing a great job with effort.”

—Staff writer Kate Leist can be reached at kleist@fas.harvard.edu.