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...when efforts to maintain that narrow edge sputtered in the fourth quarter and a Crimson fumble handed the Bears possession at the Harvard 20-yard line with ample time to secure the go-ahead score, the defense lived up to Murphy??€™s expectations, allowing just two yards to force a field goal that flew wide right. Minutes later, Brown’s last push sputtered at midfield, thanks to the effective play of the revitalized Crimson secondary, which had been burned on several occasions to start the contest...
That defense coasted through its final three outings, blanking Columbia, limiting two-time defending champion Pennsylvania to a meager 10 points, and holding archrival Yale to just a field goal to cap off the second most successful season by any of Murphy??€™s Harvard defenses. (Only his 1997 Crimson, which allowed 123 points—11 fewer than the 2004 incarnation—was more effective...
...even if Murphy??€™s program still isn’t known for its defense, its 2004 version always should...
Which is understandable, given the success of the program he has resurrected from its down years in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In the three seasons prior to Murphy??€™s ascension, the Crimson won a total of just 10 games—a mere three in former coach Joe Restic’s final two years at the helm...
...course, the turnaround did not come about overnight. Murphy??€™s first three Harvard teams finished 3-7, 4-6, and 2-8, respectively, and not one managed more than two conference victories...