Harvard Stays Unbeaten at 4-0 with a 30-7 Win over Holy Cross
Joseph Williams ran for 123 yards, caught four passes for 87 and a touchdown, scored 31 fantasy points, and his team lost by 23. Holy Cross did not have much else, and Harvard won 30-7 to move to 4-0.
Harvard led from the first score to the last. Kise Flannery ran in from a yard out with 7:54 left in the first quarter, and Kieran Corr added a 37-yard field goal in the second to make it 10-0. Holy Cross got on the board with a 51-yard touchdown from Jake Croce to Williams with 9:32 left in the half. Croce was 1 for 1 on the day for exactly those 51 yards. That cut it to 10-7, and it was the only touchdown the Crusaders scored.
Corr kicked another 37-yarder with three seconds left in the half, and a 42-yarder with 2:20 left in the third. Then Charlie Smith found Henry Shoemaker for 67 yards on the last play of the third quarter to make it 23-7. Flannery scored again from 10 yards with 4:37 left for the final score. Harvard had three touchdowns and three field goals.
The numbers back it up. Harvard had 461 total yards (297 passing, 164 rushing) to Holy Cross's 311, and Holy Cross threw two interceptions. Harvard lost a fumble and threw none. Holy Cross is 2-4, and the Crusaders had no answer once the second half started: Harvard outscored them 17-0 after the break.
Williams is the fantasy headline, and the Harvard quarterback, Smith, added 20.5 points on 297 passing yards.