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Harvard Football competes against Princeton at Harvard Stadium on October 26, 2024.
Dylan Goodman
13
Princeton PRI 2-4 , 1-2
45
Winner Harvard HAR 5-1 , 2-1
Princeton PRI
2-4 , 1-2
13
Final
45
Harvard HAR
5-1 , 2-1
Winner
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
PRI Princeton 7 3 3 0 13
HAR Harvard 14 10 0 21 45

Game Recap: Football |

Football Downs Princeton at Home, 45-13

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard Football defeated Princeton, 45-13, Saturday afternoon at Harvard Stadium. The Crimson improved to 5-1 on the season and 2-1 in the Ivy League on a day in which Harvard welcomed back former head coach Tim Murphy, honored 2024 Harvard Varsity Club Hall-of-Fame inductees Michael Berg, Clifton Dawson and Ryan Fitzpatrick, and recognized Ivy-winning teams from 1974, 2004 and 2014. The Tigers, meanwhile, fell to 2-4 (1-2 Ivy).

How It Happened

  • Harvard scored the first 14 points of the game off the arm of quarterback Jaden Craig. The junior completed a 19-yard pass to Kaedyn Odermann, who made an acrobatic catch near the left side of the endzone and managed to get a foot down to put the Crimson up, 7-0. Just over three-and-a-half minutes later, Craig connected with Cooper Barkate for a 14-yard TD to double the Crimson's cushion.
  • Princeton got on the scoreboard as the first quarter was ending when Blaine Hipa found paydirt with a 3-yard run, slicing the Tigers deficit in half.
  • Craig later directed his third scoring drive of at least 75 yards when he found Seamus Gilmartin for a 21-yard touchdown. The TD pass capped a 6-play, 80-yard drive that covered 2:20. The Crimson added a 34-yard Kieran Corr field goal just over five minutes later to take a 24-7 lead.
  • The Tigers tacked on three points on a 38-yard field goal from Jeffrey Sexton as the first half expired to trail Harvard, 24-10, at halftime.
  • Princeton was the first to dent the scoreboard in the second half when Sexton made another long field goal, this one from 51 yards, as it inched closer, 24-13, with 5:57 left in the third quarter.
  • After Harvard was held scoreless in the third, it found the endzone less than two minutes into the final frame. Quarterback Charles DePrima put the final touches on a 16-play drive that covered 75 yards in 7:51 with a 3-yard rushing touchdown. The score put the hosts ahead, 31-13, with 13:06 left in regulation.
  • Craig added to the Crimson's lead when he found Barkate for a 39-yard touchdown reception with 11:26 left in the fourth. The 1-play, 39-yard drive put Harvard up, 38-13.
  • The Crimson put the finishing touches on the scoring when Malik Frederick rushed from one yard out with 3:12 left in the game. The senior's first career TD provided the final margin.

Team Notes

  • With today's win, Harvard…
    • Extends its season-long winning streak to four games.
    • Wins its 10th consecutive home game.
    • Snaps a six-game series losing streak to Princeton.
    • Posted its largest margin of victory vs. Princeton since 2015, when it defeated the Tigers, 42-7.
    • Handed Princeton its largest margin of defeat since a 51-14 loss to Yale on Nov. 16, 2019.
    • Gives Andrew Aurich his fifth win of the season, which ties Joseph Restic in 1971 for most wins by a first-year Crimson football coach.
    • Improves to 5-1, matching its best 6-game start to a season (2016, 2021, 2023) since the 2015 team opened with six straight victories.
    • Posted its first perfect October (4-0) since 2015.
  • Harvard recorded a season-high five sacks on the day, surpassing its 2024 high of two (at Brown, vs. New Hampshire).
  • The Crimson held Princeton to 78 yards rushing, its second-lowest total of the season.

Player Notes

  • Seamus Gilmartin (3 receptions, 101 yards, 1 touchdown): Recorded the first 100-yard receiving game of his career and the second for Harvard this season (Cooper Barkate – 130 at Cornell)… Logged his third career touchdown.
  • Kaedyn Odermann (3 receptions, 33 yards, 1 touchdown): Caught his first touchdown of the season… Has at least one touchdown in each of his four seasons.
  • Cooper Barkate (6 receptions, 99 yards, 2 touchdowns): Recorded a touchdown in five of the team's six games this season… Had his third 2-TD game of the campaign… Now has eight receiving touchdowns in 2024, which is tied for the second most in Harvard single-season history.
  • Jaden Craig (26 completions, 345 yards, 4 touchdowns): Threw for at least three touchdowns in three consecutive games… Posted multiple passing TDs in five of six games this season… Threw for over 300 yards for the second time this year… His 26 completions were a career high.
  • Ty Bartrum (9 tackles, 1.0 sacks, 1.0 TFL, 1 INT, 1 PBU): A week after returning a fumble for a TD, he recorded an interception and a sack… The pick was his second of his career… His sack gives him 1.5 for the season, which is a career best… Finished with a game-high-tying tackles… Recorded at least six tackles in five consecutive games.
  • Charles DePrima (4 rushes, 56 yards, 1 touchdown): Rushed for his second TDs of the season.
  • Jacob Psyk (6 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 2.5 TFL, 1 QBH): Posted a career high for tackles and sacks… Sack and TFL totals were tied with Tyler Huenemann for most by any player in the game.
  • Tyler Huenemann (4 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 2.5 TFL, 1 QBH): Sack and TFL totals were career highs… His four tackles were a season high.

Up Next

Harvard heads to nationally ranked Dartmouth (6-0; 3-0 Ivy) next Saturday for a 1:30 p.m. ET game in Hanover, New Hampshire. ESPN+ will have all the action live.

 
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