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Meanwhile, the conference’s top teams continued to look strong. Penn steamrolled Lafayette 43-7 to remain the only undefeated Ivy squad besides Harvard, and Cornell led No. 8 Lehigh late in the third quarter before falling 38-35.
The Crimson is now out to its best start since the 1987 Ivy League championship season, and will look to remain undefeated in its road opener at Cornell on Saturday.
Senior strong safety Andy Fried forced two fumbles that junior linebacker John Perry and sophomore defensive lineman Brendan McCafferty returned for touchdowns of 85 and 19 yards, respectively, to keep Harvard (3-0, 1-0 Ivy) undefeated.
One might not think that starting 3-0 is that important, especially given that Murphy’s 1997 squad lost one of its first three games and went on to complete the only undefeated Ivy campaign in school history. Then again, the way in which Harvard has played and...
The victory allowed the Crimson to keep pace with undefeated Princeton atop the Ivy Standings. A tie would have been a significant black mark on Harvard’s Ivy title hopes. Now Harvard will hope for the Elis to disrupt the other league frontrunners.