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Magic of Numbers: Im-Penn-ding Doom

Published by David Franks on November 11, 2010 at 10:11PM
CRIMSON TIDE

Harvard hopes its swarming defense can repeat its stellar performance against Columbia this weekend at Penn.

Each Thursday, The Crimson will compile a series of unique statistics about Harvard's sports scene. Welcome to the Magic of Numbers—without the problem sets. We'll do the math for you.

2: The number of wins Harvard has on the road against Penn this decade. The Crimson travels to Franklin Field this Saturday to take on the league-leading Quakers.

17: Years head coach Tim Murphy has led the Crimson program. In that time, Murphy has compiled a record of 110-57.

600: The number of yards the Quaker offense tallied against Princeton last Saturday in a 52-10 drubbing of the Tigers. 396 of those yards came on the ground.

13: The number of Ivy League championships the Crimson has won. Harvard–currently in second place in the League–must win at Penn in order to contend for its 14th title this season.

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21: Record-setting number of wins the Harvard basketball program compiled last season.

0: Times Harvard and George Mason had played a basketball contest against one another before the Crimson’s season opener this Saturday.

63: Number of season-opening wins for Harvard basketball all time, compared to just 36 losses.

WEEKLY RECAP

8.2: Number of seconds left in the game when the Harvard men’s hockey team scored the game-winning goal against RPI last Saturday. The Crimson won the game, 1-0.

.963: Save percentage for Harvard goaltender Kyle Richter. The senior currently leads the nation in that category.

12: Number of teams in the ECAC that registered at one least point in last weekend’s opening games.

 

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