Last week, Cornell wide receiver Bryan Walters’ 234 all-purpose yards was his third-best single-game total and his seventh-career 200-yard game. The Big Red enjoyed an interception by Josh Gajdos, the team’s fifth interception in three games this season—a significant improvement from its 2008 season in which Cornell only had a total of five interceptions in the entire season.

The Crimson should also take notice of freshman safety Andrew Brown, who made seven tackles last week, and sophomore safety Travers Schmidt, who made five tackles against Colgate. Each made his first career varsity appearance against the Raiders.

But indeed, the Crimson feel prepared to defend its ranking and continue as the sole leader of the Ivy League.

“There’s been a ton of film studying, and we’re going to play a complete game from start to finish,” captain Carl Ehrlich said. “We’re going to play every quarter with everything we’ve got.”

And the Crimson has proved that it’s a force to be reckoned with from all sides of the field. In Harvard’s last away game against Lehigh, the Crimson defense forced five turnovers, including four interceptions.

Harvard allowed only seven first downs in the first three quarters, while quarterback Collier Winters threw two second-quarter touchdowns, and Cheng Ho scored two touchdowns in his first start of the season.

And according to Coach Murphy, the Crimson’s versatility may be the key to victory on Saturday.

“Our strength is we can do a lot of different things,” Murphy said.