Though it may have come against a less experienced defense, Chapple’s performance was good enough to earn his second straight Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week award and garner high praise from his coach.

“I made a comment to Colton...that we have a long way to go, but he would get my vote for conference player of the year if we were voting today,” Harvard coach Tim Murphy said. “We’ve had taller QBs, we’ve had this or that, we’ve had such a great lineage of QBs, but I don’t think anyone has been a better decision maker and been a more poised football player.”

Chapple’s passing efficiency score of 174.5 is nearly 30 points higher than Dartmouth’s Alex Park’s score, which is second in the Ivy League. Nationally, Chapple’s score ranks second in the FCS behind only Kyle Essington of Stony Brook.

THIRTEEN FOULS, NO HARM

Overshadowed by stats indicating the Crimson’s offensive and defensive dominance, the undefeated team committed a litany of penalties Saturday, including six false starts and multiple holding fouls.

A number of these penalties were called on Harvard’s backup offensive linemen, but others went against veteran starters like senior Kyle Juszczyk.

But the 100 penalty yards did little to slow the Crimson in what became a comfortable Harvard win.

“We are not a team that can overcome 100 yards in penalties—I can tell you that,” said Big Red coach Kent Austin, impressed by the Crimson’s ability to overcome its mistakes.

—Staff writer Jacob D. H. Feldman can be reached at jacobfeldman@college.harvard.edu.

—Follow him on Twitter @jacobfeldman4.