“That’s just a credit to our strength and conditioning staff,” Hosch said. “This summer was a big summer for me. Being down in the three-position, I knew I had to improve my strength and my quickness.”

THE USUAL SUSPECTS

With Fischer easing back into play and classmate Paul Stanton returning as tailback after a week off with injury, two of Harvard’s more tested offensive weapons packed a punch when needed.

Fischer doubled both the number of catches and the yardage he notched last weekend, as Hosch tossed screen pass after screen pass to the third-year. Stanton posted 120 yards, his second-highest mark at Harvard, including a 43-yard breakaway touchdown run that saw him shake off a tackle in the scrum and run clear to Brown’s end zone.

“[With] the long run by Stanton, we had the right defense call,” Brown coach Phil Estes said. “That should have been a zero yard or should have been for a loss…. We should have had someone there.”

—Staff writer Cordelia F. Mendez can be reached at cordelia.mendez@thecrimson.com. Follow her on Twitter @CrimsonCordelia.