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When the team went into the locker room for halftime, Stanton accounted for 71 of Harvard’s 88 offensive yards tallied in the first 30 minutes of play. With Hempel sidelined for much of the first half with an injured knee and second-string quarterback Pruneau unable to produce much offense, the burden fell on Stanton and fellow running back Casten.
Stanton, who became the team’s top tailback with sophomore Zach Boden out with an injury, recorded his first 100-plus yard rushing game, finishing with 103 yards on the ground and another 55 receiving as the quarterbacks’ favorite target of the day.
“He’s unbelievable,” Hempel said. “Especially when Zach Boden gets back, they’re going to be a great, great duo. Paul Stanton has a crazy work ethic and refuses to go down. Our screen game is a force—getting him with the ball in open space, it’s very hard to tackle him.”
The sophomore also scored the final two touchdowns for Harvard to clinch the win for the Crimson, which hadn’t beaten Holy Cross on its home turf in eight years.
—Staff writer Samantha Lin can be reached at samantha.lin@thecrimson.com.