Box Score WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Harvard football team dashed for 335 yards and four touchdowns on the ground to earn 44-9 victory on the road in the season opener at Georgetown Saturday afternoon at Cooper Field.

With the victory, Tim Murphy, The Thomas Stephenson Family Head Coach for Harvard Football, ties Yale's Carm Cozz for the most wins at an Ivy League school with 179.
 
Aaron Shampklin led Harvard with 183 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. Defensively, the Crimson recorded 6.0 sacks, including 2.0 each by Nate Leskovec and Jacob Sykes. Harvard (1-0) also held Georgetown (1-1) to a total of six rushing yards.
 
Harvard got the scoring started with Aidan Borguet's 56-yard dash to the endzone just 1:26 into the contest, as the Crimson got an early 7-0 lead. Later in the first quarter, Charlie Dean, making his first career start at quarterback, found first-year Kaedyn Odermann for a 31-yard TD strike. The ensuing extra point was blocked and returned by Georgetown's Jovone Campbell all the way for 70 yards for a defensive PAT, as Harvard led the Hoyas, 13-2.
 
With 4:51 left in the opening frame, Georgetown inched closer on a 15-yard TD pass from Joseph Brunell to Joshua Thomas, making it 13-9. Harvard answered with an 8-play, 75-yard scoring drive, culminating with a 36-yard TD run by Shampklin, upping the Crimson's lead to 20-9.
 
In the second, Jonah Lipel converted a 42-yard field-goal attempt with 10:59 remaining in the first half, making it a 23-9 contest. Shampklin added his second rushing score of the game, a 50-yarder with 6:44 left in the second, as Harvard added to its lead, 30-9.
 
In the second half, following an interception return by Daniel Abraham to the Georgetown 7, Dean connected with Adam West for a 5-yard passing TD, 37-9. Harvard tacked on another score with 12:23 remaining in the fourth when quarterback Luke Emge ran into the endzone for a six-yard score, 44-9.
 
Harvard Highlights

• Tim Murphy, The Thomas Stephenson Family Head Coach for Harvard Football, pulls even with Yale's Carm Cozza for the most victories at an Ivy League school with 179.
• Aidan Borguet, the reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Year, opened the scoring with a 56-yard touchdown on the Crimson's first drive of the season.
• Charlie Dean made his first career start at quarterback. With the victory, thirteen of the last 15 Harvard quarterbacks have won their first career starts.
• Aaron Shampklin posted the fifth 100-yard rushing game of his career, finishing with 183 yards on the ground.
• Jack McGowan led the Crimson defense with seven tackles, while Nate Leskovec paced the way with 2.5 tackles for a loss.
• Harvard finished with 335 rushing yards, while holding the Hoyas to six yards on the ground. In the first half alone, the Crimson outrushed Georgetown, 238-8.
• Jon Sot booted four punts for 161 yards or a 40.3 average.

Game Notes

• Harvard moves to 5-0 all-time against Georgetown, including 3-0 in Washington, D.C.
• Under Tim Murphy, Harvard is now 45-16 during the month of September.
• The Crimson has compiled a 210-138-8 record all-time against current Patriot League teams.
• With the win over the Hoyas, Harvard improves to 44-20 in its last 64 road games.

What's Next?
Harvard hosts Brown in the Crimson's home and Ivy opener on Friday, Sept. 24 at 7 p.m. The game will be shown live on ESPNU.