The Tigers managed 315 yards of total offense while the Crimson tallied 295 yards in total offense. What is more telling is that neither offense could get inside the red zone for most of the game.

Harvard drove inside the Princeton 20-yard line only twice, and Princeton could manage to get inside the Harvard red zone only once.

"There really wasn't a lack of offense so much as there was good defense on both sides," Murphy said. "[The Crimson] defense played well, we kept them out of the end zone."

The game didn't look like such a defensive struggle in the first quarter. After Princeton's offense took three plays to go seven yards and punted, Harvard took over on the Princeton 49-yard line.

Menick ran for nine yards on the first play, then for six yards and a Harvard first down. Because Princeton couldn't seem to stop Menick, Murphy called his number again, and Menick responded with runs of six then three yards to get to the Princeton 25-yard line.

Wilford dropped back to pass on third down, but finding no one open, scrambled for a one-yard gain and another first down.

Harvard committed an illegal procedure penalty then lost four yards on a quarterback draw. A Wilford scramble netted five yards and, after an incompletion, Giampaolo came in and made a career-best 44-yard field goal with the wind.