Harvard Stays Perfect With a 35-7 Win Over Princeton
Harvard is 5-0 and Princeton is 3-2, and the gap between them on this day was 28 points. Harvard never trailed, and the Tigers did not score until 1:02 was left in the third quarter. By then it was 21-0.
It started small. Kieran Corr kicked a 24-yard field goal late in the first quarter, then Charlie Smith found Henry Shoemaker from 26 yards out in the second for a 10-0 lead. Corr added a 32-yarder to make it 13-0 at the half. In the third, Teigan Pelletier caught an 18-yard touchdown from Kise Flannery, and Smith (yes, the quarterback) threw the two-point conversion to Nate Bailey, so it was 21-0 with 10:25 left in the quarter.
Princeton finally got on the board with 1:02 left in that quarter, an 8-yard pass from Wyatt Becker to Aidan Besselman, and it made it 21-7. The Tigers did not get another. Smith hit Tafari Moe from 18 yards at 12:50 of the fourth, and about two minutes later Dorsey Benefield returned a fumble 32 yards for a touchdown. That is 14 points in roughly two minutes, and the game was over.
The totals tell you why. Harvard had 394 yards to Princeton's 219, and Princeton ran 35 times for 92 yards (2.6 a carry) while throwing for just 127. The Tigers also gave it away twice, one interception and one lost fumble, and Harvard gave it away zero times. Harvard's 263 passing yards came with one sack on defense to boot.
For fantasy, this was a Harvard passing game party. Smith led everyone with 21.8 points, and the tight end and a receiver were right behind him. Princeton had nobody in the top three.