Being sidelined for two games with an upper-body injury is certainly a way to upset a player’s rhythm.

Having to become reacclimated to one of the top offenses in the FCS complicates a player’s return from injury even more.

Despite his two-week absence, senior wide receiver Andrew Fischer displayed no signs of rust in Harvard’s 42-7 victory over Princeton on Saturday.

Fischer caught 10 passes from senior quarterback Scott Hosch and gained a total of 190 yards. He added a touchdown in the third quarter which helped the Crimson increase its lead over the Tigers.

Facing an opponent which had defeated Harvard in two of their previous three meetings, the Crimson sought to maintain its momentum from its perfect 5-0 start and emerge with a win.

However, midway through the second quarter, Harvard still struggled to snap a 7-7 tie with the visiting Tigers.

Neither team managed to score in the first quarter, and with 6:11 remaining in the second, Princeton scored on a two-yard pass to tie the game.

“We were moving the ball the whole first half, but we just kept shooting ourselves in the foot,” Hosch said. “We got down close to the red zone, and that drive, we just kept telling the offensive line, ‘We’ve got to finish, we’ve got to finish the drive.’”

A lack of offensive production in the first half was a rarity for Harvard, as the unit has been nothing short of dominant this fall.

The team has not once scored fewer than 40 points in a game, and Harvard torched Brown for 53 points in its first Ivy League matchup of the 2015 season.

As the Crimson began to mount an offensive attack midway through the second quarter, Fischer played an integral role in helping Harvard pull away from the Tigers for good.

By the end of the first half, Fischer had racked up 110 yards on six receptions.

The Diamond Bar, Calif., native added a touchdown as well, one of six for the Crimson in the game.

During Harvard’s second drive of the third quarter, Fischer started the drive off with a 29-yard punt return to put the Crimson in good field position.

At the end of Harvard’s march down the field, the senior caught a 14-yard pass from Hosch to put the Crimson up, 28-7.