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...Harvard football team boasted one of the toughest offensive lines in recent memory. Perhaps the only thing tougher was the expectation resting on the Crimson’s shoulders...
...Harvard opened the year as two-time defending Ivy League champions and looked to make it a three-peat this season. Led by a stalwart line of seniors James Williams, John Paris, Ben Sessions, and Alex Spisak, along with junior Brent Osborne, the Crimson looked forward to a dominant running game and plenty of time to scramble for new junior starting quarterback Collier Winters...
Despite a pair of nonconference losses to Holy Cross—led by standout quarterback Dominic Randolph—and Lafayette, Harvard (7-3, 6-1 Ivy) accomplished its offensive goals and more in the Ivy season...
...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...