Is this year’s Crimson team—wait for it—better than last year’s, that team that rolled unscathed through Ivy League play?

No, “come on,” you might say. Think about everyone Harvard lost to graduation.

Quarterback Collier Winters ’11, defensive player of the year Josue Ortiz ’11, its three top wide receivers, its best linebacker, its top cornerback—the list goes on. There’s no way.

The numbers tell a different story. A year ago, the Crimson had scored 118 points and allowed 71.

This year’s team? A dizzying 170 points—that’s comes out to 42.5 per game—and just 60 against. (By comparison, Princeton scored 174 points the entire 2011 season).

Senior quarterback Colton Chapple has looked as dominant as he did in 2011.

A broken record of good throws and good decisions, Chapple boasts 11 touchdowns to two interceptions while completing 67.5 percent of passes. At this pace, the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year accolade may be coming to Cambridge.

But while Chapple is perhaps the most integral part of the Harvard football team’s success, far be it that he is the sole reason that this Harvard team is so dominant, so downright scary. No, the explanation for that is the not-so-secret ingredient of Harvard football: ridiculous, jaw-dropping, are-you-kidding-me depth.

Because on Saturday, the Crimson arsenal was missing a number of its most dangerous weapons. Two of its top receivers are out, as is a star running back.

Center Jack Holuba was gone, right tackle Will Whitman is done for the year, and the team’s top cornerback, Brian Owusu, was also sidelined.

Yet Harvard did as Harvard does—filled those spots with more-than-able replacements and just kept winning. Blindfolded and with its legs tied, the Crimson still delivered the knockout punch against perhaps the second best team in the conference.

Nearly halfway through the season, with Harvard looking more unbeatable than ever, a league championship appears ever more likely. But more than that, this could—and, frankly, should—be the first Crimson team since the Ryan Fitzpatrick Era to go undefeated, perfect, 10-0.

—Staff writer Robert S. Samuels can be reached at robertsamuels@college.harvard.edu.

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