On fourth-and-10 at the 24, Rose tried to force a pass down the field, but it was intercepted by senior strong safety Than Merrill at the Harvard 39 with 2:10 to go.

"It's my job to make sure the offense didn't get too over extended," Murphy said. "The turnovers were not for lack of effort and I need to work with my players next year on improving ball security."

Harvard would get the ball back one more time in The Game, but possession was to little avail. Yale took full advantage of the Crimson's turnovers to rattle off 17 unanswered points in capturing its third straight Game. The win now gives the Elis the all-time edge in the series, 64-45-8.

"We just had kids make plays in coverage," Siedlecki said. "The wind was a big factor out there. We took a bit of a gamble, we made the decision to give them the wind [at their backs] in the third [quarter] and challenged our defense to hang tough."

Obviously, this was a gamble that paid off for Yale. Murphy denied that the wind was a factor in The Game, despite the fact that Rose's passes seemed to hang in the air longer when he was throwing into the wind in the fourth quarter.

"The wind wasn't a big factor," Murphy said. "If you're down in the middle of Harvard stadium, the direction changes, it swirls. Our guys didn't think it was a big factor."

Yale's defense was able to step up and shut down the Harvard offense throughout the third quarter. Though Harvard was able to get in the red zone on a couple drives in the third, the Crimson came up with no points in the quarter.