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Harvard football competes against Columbia at Harvard Stadium on Nov. 5, 2022.
Dylan Goodman
21
Winner Columbia COL 4-4 , 1-4
20
Harvard HAR 5-3 , 3-2
Winner
Columbia COL
4-4 , 1-4
21
Final
20
Harvard HAR
5-3 , 3-2
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
COL Columbia 0 10 3 8 21
HAR Harvard 7 10 3 0 20

Game Recap: Football |

Football Drops 21-20 Decision to Columbia

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Senior running back Aidan Borguet rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown – going over 1,000 rushing yards on the season – and the Crimson defense tallied four takeaways, but Harvard University football dropped a 21-20 decision to Columbia University on Saturday afternoon at Harvard Stadium.
 
The Crimson (5-3, 3-2 Ivy) led 7-0 at the end of the first quarter following a touchdown reception from senior tight end Haven Montefalco and remained ahead 14-10 at halftime on Borguet's touchdown run. With Harvard still leading 20-13, the Lions (4-4, 1-4 Ivy) scored the go-ahead touchdown and two-point conversion with 9:11 remaining.

Harvard Highlights

  • Senior running back Aidan Borguet ran for 108 yards and a touchdown on 23 carries. He scored his 10th rushing touchdown of the season and 11th overall touchdown on the year. He rushed for 100 yards for the sixth time in eight games this season and has tallied 80 or more rushing yards in all eight games.
  • Borguet now has 1,003 rushing yards on the season. The feat stands as the 12th 1,000-yard rushing season in program history. Borguet becomes the eighth running back in program history to run for over 1,000 yards in a single season.
  • As a team, Harvard ran for 188 yards on 43 carries (4.4 yards per carry) with senior running back Sone Ntoh adding 41 yards on 11 rushes.
  • First-year wide receiver Cooper Barkate caught five passes for 102 yards for his first collegiate game with 100 receiving yards.
  • Senior tight end Haven Montefalco grabbed his second receiving touchdown of the season.
  • Senior wide receiver Joe Young caught three passes for 42 yards, junior tight end Tyler Neville corralled three receptions for 27 yards, and senior receiver Jack Bill added two catches for 22 yards alongside a 28-yard kick-off return.
  • Senior quarterback Charlie Dean completed 17-of-29 passes for 220 yards and a touchdown, while running for 38 yards on eight carries. He threw for over 200 yards for the fifth time this season.
  • Harvard's defense compiled a season-high three takeaways with three interceptions and a fumble recovery.
  • Senior defensive backs Max Jones and Alex Washington and senior linebacker Kobe Joseph each registered an interception. Washington leads the Crimson with two interceptions on the season.
  • Junior defensive back Victor Tademy recorded a fumble recovery after sophomore defensive back Riley Jenne knocked the ball loose.
  • Senior defensive lineman Tyler Huenemann and junior defensive lineman Thor Griffith each posted a sack on the day. Griffith and Huenemann now have 4.0 and 3.5 sacks on the year respectively.
  • As a team, Harvard held advantages in first downs (22-12), rushing yards (188-78), and total offense (408-268).
Gallery: (11-5-2022) Football vs. Columbia
 

How It Happened

 
  • After the Lions took possession on the 50-yard line early in the first quarter, a sack from junior Tyler Huenemann pushed Columbia back late in the drive with the visitors ultimately missing a 39-yard field goal attempt.
  • The Crimson struck first as senior quarterback Charlie Dean connected with senior tight end Haven Montefalco on an eight-yard touchdown with 1:38 to go in the first quarter, giving the Crimson a 7-0 lead. A 49-yard connection from Dean to first-year receiver Cooper Barkate helped set up the score that capped an eight-play, 72-yard drive in 3:33.
  • Columbia's Alex Fenkins converted a 44-yard field goal with 14:12 to go in the second quarter, bringing the Lions within 7-3.
  • The Lions took a 10-7 lead with 7:24 left in the second quarter as quarterback Caden Bell found Bryson Canty on a six-yard touchdown pass.
  • Senior running back Aidan Borguet's 10th rushing touchdown of the season pushed the Crimson ahead, 14-10, with 3:48 to go in the second quarter as he plunged in from one yard out. A 22-yard catch from senior receiver Joe Young before a 10-yard run from Borguet put Harvard in position to score on the nine-play, 72-yard drive in 3:31.
  • After sophomore defensive back Riley Jenne forced a fumble that junior defensive back Victory Tademy recovered late in the second quarter, the Crimson moved into the red zone, allowing senior kicker Jonah Lipel to connect on a 30-yard field goal and extend the Crimson's lead to 17-10 with 1:26 to play in the half.
  • Harvard made two interceptions less than two minutes apart early in the third quarter to disrupt Columbia drives. Senior defensive back Max Jones picked off a pass after a tip from sophomore defensive lineman Dominic Young-Smith at the 11:09 mark, and senior defensive back Alex Washington snagged an INT at the 9:44 mark.
  • Columbia cut into the Harvard lead with 7:37 left in the third quarter as Felkins made a 24-yard field goal to bring the margin to 17-13.
  • Harvard answered as Lipel knocked through a 34-yard field goal with 3:39 to go in the third, pushing the Crimson back up by a touchdown at 20-13. A 17-yard run from senior running back Sone Ntoh stood as the long play of the drive.
  • Senior linebacker Kobe Joseph came up with the Crimson's third interception of the third quarter with 2:55 to go in the period.
  • The Lions pulled with 20-19 with 9:11 remaining in the fourth quarter as Bell connected with Luke Painton on a 25-yard touchdown, and the visitors took a 21-20 lead as Bell completed a two-point conversion pass to Ryan Young.
  • The Crimson drove to the Columbia 25-yard line with 1:17 remaining before a 42-yard field goal attempt from Lipel was no good. 
     

Game Notes and Quotes

  • Harvard moved to 63-16-1 all-time vs. Columbia
  • The Crimson is now 34-13 in the month of November since 2007.
  • Harvard is now 892-408-50 all-time and 285-166-9 in Ivy League play all-time.
  • The Crimson moved to 458-230-34 all-time at Harvard Stadium.
  • Harvard scored points for the 236th consecutive game.
  • "The thing that our team heard from me every day this week is that this team is a dangerous team. The reality is we had our opportunities. Their defense played great in the second half, and I thought our defense played great in the second half. The game of inches part was there today." – Tim Murphy, The Thomas Stephenson Family Head Coach for Harvard Football
  • "Overall, I thought our defense played well. In the modern game of football you have to score 28, you have to score 30 – that's just the reality. We have done that pretty well this year, we just did not have a great second half. They played really outstanding defense in the second half, and we missed a couple of field goals." – Tim Murphy, The Thomas Stephenson Family Head Coach for Harvard Football
  • "There were a lot of plays to be made. Like Coach Murphy said there were many opportunities to change the game – to win the game for us – and we failed at all of them. We just have to think collectively about how we can get better to make those plays and impact the game." – Senior captain Truman Jones

Next Up

Harvard plays at Penn at Franklin Field in Philadelphia on Saturday, Nov. 12 at 1:00 p.m. (ESPN+) in its final road contest of the season.
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