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October 25, 2025, Boston, MA: at Harvard University, in Boston Massachusetts Saturday, October 25, 2025. (Photo by Eddie Monigan/Harvard Athletics)
Edward Monigan IV/Harvard Athletics
35
Winner Harvard HAR 6-0 , 3-0
14
Princeton PRI 3-3 , 2-1
Winner
Harvard HAR
6-0 , 3-0
35
Final
14
Princeton PRI
3-3 , 2-1
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
HAR Harvard 7 14 0 14 35
PRI Princeton 7 7 0 0 14

Game Recap: Football |

No. 17/14 Football Earns Road Win at Princeton, Improves to 6-0 for First Time Since 2015

PRINCETON, N.J. – No. 17/14 Harvard Football scored 25 unanswered points in a 35-14 road win at Princeton. The Crimson's first win at Princeton since 2016 moved it to 6-0 for the first time since 2015. The victory also improved Harvard's Ivy League record to 3-0, while the Tigers fell to 2-1 (3-3 overall).

How It Happened

  • The Crimson struck first when Jaden Craig found a wide-open and streaking Cam Henry. The quarterback hit the wide receiver in stride on a 69-yard touchdown pass to put the visitors ahead, 7-0, with 10:37 left in the first quarter.
  • Princeton leveled the score just before the end of the first when Kai Colon connected with Aidan Besselman for the 17-yard TD strike (1st, 1:27).
  • Harvard opened the second quarter with the ball and Xaviah Bascon did the heavy lifting with four straight rushes, including a long of 27 yards. The Crimson got to the Tigers 4-yard line, but could not punch the ball in. It ultimately settled for a 22-yard Kieran Corr field goal to push Harvard to a 10-7 lead (2nd, 12:02).
  • After Harvard forced a turnover on downs on a 4th-and-1 attempt by the Tigers, Craig threw an interception four plays later. Princeton took advantage of the turnover and got a 51-yard TD catch-and-run from Ethan Clark to help the hosts to a 14-10 lead with 3:50 to go before halftime.
  • The Crimson answered the Tigers' TD by marching down the field, thanks in part to a 25-yard Seamus Gilmartin reception, and reaching the Princeton 7-yard line. Harvard, however, could not find the endzone and Corr booted a 25-yard field goal to bring the Crimson to within one at 14-13, with 65 seconds remaining in the half.
  • Nineteen seconds after the Corr field goal, Jack Kirkwood intercepted a Colon pass, giving the Harvard offense the ball back on the Princeton 32. On the third play of the possession, Bascon rushed up the middle for 28 yards. The running back then rushed for a 4-yard TD to put the Crimson back in front. Craig then converted the 2-point conversion on a shovel pass to Jordan Harris. The two sequences put Harvard ahead, 21-14, with 18 seconds left and took the lead into the locker room.
  • After a scoreless third quarter by both teams, Harvard wasted little time in the fourth, scoring on an Isaiah Bullock 1-yard rush just two seconds into the frame. The Crimson now led, 28-14.
  • DJ Gordon provided the final TD of the afternoon when he rushed nine yards up the middle to cap an 8-play, 62-yard drive. Harvard played out the final 9:04 as the game ended in a 21-point Crimson victory.

Team Notes

  • The Crimson is 6-0 for the first time since 2015. That squad opened the campaign with an 8-0 record.
  • Harvard won at Princeton for the first time since 2016, which snaps three-game road losing streak to the Tigers.
  • The Crimson has won consecutive games against Princeton for the first time since 2014-16, when it won three straight.
  • Harvard has won six straight road games, which is the longest active streak in the country.
  • The Crimson is 34-33-2 vs. Princeton since the start of Ivy League play in 1956.
  • With Jack Kirkwood's second-quarter pick, Harvard has now recorded at least one interception in every game this season.
  • Harvard rushed for a season-high 259 yards. Its previous best this year was a 212-yard effort at Holy Cross… It is the Crimson's most in a single game since rushing for 341 yards vs. Howard on Oct. 14, 2023, and its most in an Ivy League game since rushing for 261 vs. Brown on Sept. 22, 2023… It is Harvard's most in a road game since at Georgetown (335) on Sept. 18, 2021, and its most in an Ivy road game since it ran for 272 at Yale on Nov. 23, 2019.
  • Tallied three sacks, marking the fifth time this season the Crimson has recorded multiple sacks in a game… The three sacks are the second-most the Crimson has had this season.

Player Notes

  • Cam Henry (5 receptions, 96 yards, 1 touchdown): Caught his second touchdown of the season and first since the Brown game… The 69-yard TD reception was his longest catch of any kind in 2025… Had his longest rush of the season (22 yards)… Led all players with five catches and 96 yards.
  • Jaden Craig (16-29-1, 216 yards, 1 touchdown): His 69-yard TD pass to Cam Henry matched his longest completion of the season (at Stetson).
  • Jack Kirkwood (7 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 0.5 TFL, 1 interception): Registered his first career interception late in the second quarter… Finished with a career-high seven tackles.
  • Xaviah Bascon (13 attempts, 101 yards, 1 touchdown): Rushed for more than 100 yards for the first time season… Scored his third touchdown of the season in the second quarter… Enjoyed his longest rush of the season (28 yards).
  • Isaiah Bullock (7 attempts, 58 yards, 1 touchdown): Rushed a season-high seven times… Finished with a season-high 58 yards rushing… Scored his fourth TD of the campaign.
  • DJ Gordon (6 attempts, 35 yards, 1 touchdown): Scored his fifth touchdown of the season and has three in his last two games.
  • Sean Line (10 tackles, 5 quarterback hurries): Matched his career high with a game-high 10 tackles.
  • Xaden Benson (7 tackles): Made a career-high seven tackles.

Up Next

Harvard returns home on Saturday to play host to Dartmouth. Kick-off is scheduled for 3 p.m. ET with the contest airing live on ESPN+. Tickets for the Fall Fest game are available at GoCrimson.com.
 
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