Harvard can clinch its 18th Ivy League title and first since 2015 when the Crimson interact the Yale Bulldogs within the 139th rendition of The Game on Saturday (midday) at Yale Bowl in New Haven, Conn.
No. 19 Harvard (8-1, 5-1) secured a share of the Ivy League title with a 25-23 triple time beyond regulation victory over Penn that ended on a gadget two-point play.
Yale (6-3, 4-2) can seize a share of the Ivy League title and spoil Harvard’s low season within the course of with a victory, an consequence the Bulldogs and their generations of followers would discover most satisfying.
A Dartmouth (5-4, 4-2) win over Brown mixed with a Yale win over Harvard would create the three-way logjam on the prime of the Ancient Eight.
“There is so much parity in the league,” stated Harvard head coach Tim Murphy, who’s in his thirtieth season. “More than ever the competitors is actually difficult and the video games and the scores this 12 months exhibits anyone can beat anyone on any given day.
“We have not had an easy time of it for sure. We had to gut out a couple of wins here but we are happy to be where we are and happy to have clinched. But I know our kids want to end this on an extremely positive note.”
Murphy has loved outstanding success in his three a long time on the Harvard sidelines. Murphy is the winningest coach in Ivy League historical past with an general report of 200-88, a major accomplishment contemplating that Harvard performs 10 video games, not 12 like different packages. The Ivy League doesn’t maintain a postseason championship recreation and Harvard, a lot to Murphy’s chagrin, doesn’t compete within the FCS playoffs. Every season ends with Yale.
Murphy hit one other milestone with the Crimson’s 17-9 house win towards Dartmouth when he broke Yale legend Carm Cozza’s report of 135 wins towards Ivy League opponents. Murphy has 138 convention wins.
“It was a huge thing for me personally and for us, we were happy to get coach Murphy those records and reach the pinnacle of Ivy League coaching,” stated senior defensive deal with Thor Griffith, an All-Ivy league choice and potential NFL draft decide.
“To finish off the season with a win would just be the cherry on the top and end the season with a great win.”
Yale leads the sequence, which started in 1875, 69-61-8 and the Bulldogs created sizable separation in the course of the Cozza years.
Murphy has contributed to the Crimson’s comeback with a 19-9 report in The Game. Murphy has accounted for 10 of Harvard’s 17 Ivy League titles because the league was formally integrated in 1956.
“That is just a reflection of the thousands of great young men we have and the 60-plus assistant coaches we’ve had,” stated Murphy. “We are the ultimate human resources industry and we have been very fortunate with great kids and great coaches.”
Harvard’s season might have gone sideways within the aftermath of a 21-14 loss at Princeton on Oct. 21. Starting twin menace quarterback Charles DePrima obtained dinged up towards the Tigers and the undisclosed harm made him ineffective the next weekend towards Dartmouth.
Sophomore Jaden Craig was clearly paying consideration within the quarterback’s room as a result of his transition up the depth chart has gone easily. The 6-2, 215-pound Craig was handed the offense and gutted out a tricky win over Dartmouth. He made his first begin the next Saturday with a win at Columbia and caught the two-point move that beat Penn in triple OT.
Craig has appeared in six video games, with two begins, and has accomplished 38-of-64 passes for 530 yards and two touchdowns. He has rushed for 140 yards on 48 carries with six touchdowns.
“All year I was mostly the two so being the one was a big step up,” stated Craig. “With the attention to detail and film study, I had to prepare myself different and carry myself different but it’s been great so far.”
“In reality we expected him to play well but the level that he’s played at has been very high considering he has only started two college football games,” stated Murphy. “He is going into the Harvard-Yale game to try and finish a 9-1 season and win an Ivy League championship so there is a lot on his shoulders.”
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