“When it comes down to it, we dropped one in the endzone, and then we fumbled one on the one-yard line. And that certainly makes a difference in the game,” Brown coach Phil Estes said. “We just squandered too many opportunities.”

After a second blown red-zone opportunity for the Bears, Harvard controlled the rest of the night. Chapple found a wide-open senior wide receiver Adam Chrissis down the right sideline for a 59-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter, pushing the score to 21-7.

Just 15 seconds later, junior defensive end John Lyon intercepted Newhall-Caballero’s deflected pass to give Harvard excellent field position on Brown’s 30.

It was Newhall-Caballero’s second of three interceptions, and a Harvard field goal with three minutes left in the game all but sealed the Crimson win.

“We really did a good job on the back end. We got good pressure up front, and we contained [Newhall-Caballero],” Murphy said. “[On Friday night], the errors were small—they weren’t glaring. We kept the ball in front of us.

With the win, Harvard maintains a streak of not losing two consecutive games that dates back to the 2007 season.

“At the beginning of the year, we have to develop an identity as a team, and I think tonight we developed an identity,” Murphy said. “We’re a tough, physical team.”

—Staff writer E. Benjamin Samuels can be reached at samuels@college.harvard.edu.