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...loss totals are not completely representative of the fall. Of Harvard’s 12 defeats, seven were by two goals or less. Two of those were one-goal overtime losses to New Hampshire and Columbia at the end of the season...
With the running back tandem of junior Gino Gordon and Ivy Rookie of the Year Treavor Scales, the Crimson exploded for 178.7 yards per game on the ground, more than 20 yards per game better than second-ranked Columbia. With Winters ably controlling the passing game to the tune of 15 touchdown passes, Harvard made a forceful statement with its league-leading 25.2 points per game en route to a 5-0 start in conference play...
With wins over Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, and Columbia by at least 18 points, Harvard entered its mid-November matchup with undefeated Penn knowing that the league title rested on the outcome. But just as the pressure mounted for the Crimson, so too did the air pressure at Harvard Stadium. In the midst of a driving rainstorm that soaked the field, the Crimson could not find its footing against a nationally-recognized Quaker defense. Harvard fell, 17-7, to Penn (8-2, 7-0), essentially conceding the Ivy crown...
Harvard wouldn’t lose again until the NCAA Sweet 16. The weekend after it topped the Big Green, it was the Crimson’s turn to rally from a one-goal deficit at Columbia, as Rogers and junior Alex Chi scored to give Harvard the game, keeping its league title hopes alive. The next weekend, the Crimson accomplished its mission when another rookie, Richard Smith, scored the game’s lone goal against Penn to give Harvard the Ivy title...
Harvard captured nine events on the day and used this momentum to gain a 167-133 edge over Columbia the next weekend and finish off its New York tour...