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Oct. 17, 2015
EASTON, Pa. -- No. 18 Harvard churned out 500 offensive yards while working its way to a 42-0 win over Lafayette on Saturday evening at Fisher Stadium.
Harvard's Paul Stanton rushed for 123 yards and two touchdowns as the Crimson won their 19th straight game overall and 13th in a row on the road.
Harvard scored twice in the first quarter. Stanton's 16-yard scamper closed out a five-play, 70-yard drive with 9:11 left in the first quarter. The next scoring play was set up by a 40-yard pass play from Scott Hosch to Justice Shelton-Mosley. Hosch (17-29-0 for 272 yars) finished off the seven-play, 77-yard drive with a one-yard QB sneak as Harvard led 14-0.
Lafayette had one of its best offensive drives of the game six minutes into the third quarter. Drew Reed completed passes to Joey Chenoweth (5 yards), Rocco Palumbo (16 yards) and Chenoweth a second time for seven yards to the Harvard 26. The drive stalled with two incompletions and Lafayette went for it on 4th-and-3. Reed's pass to Kyle Mayfield was incomplete and Lafayette turned it over on downs with seven minutes left in the half. Reed finished the game 23-of-42 for 215 yards.
Just under the three-minute mark, the Lafayette defense faced a 4th-and-1 at the Lafayette 15-yard line. LB Mark Dodd knifed through the line to stop Stanton and give the ball back to the Leopards. Dodd finished the game with eight stops, tying for the team lead the team in tackles along with Brandon Bryant. Beau Bosch contributed six tackles and a pair of sacks from the defensive end spot.
The offense couldn't move the ball and Harvard forced a punt that was tipped, taking over inside Lafayette territory. Stanton had carries of 13 and 12 yards, setting up the Crimson at the 13-yard line with 52 seconds remaining. The Leopards stopped Harvard on first and second downs before Stanton plunged in off the left side for the 1-yard score. It capped a nine-play drive over 1:12. Stanton had 96 rushing yards in the first half with two TD's.
When the second half opened, the Harvard offense kept things moving. Harvard had the ball 3rd-and-13 at the Lafayette 32 as the Leopards looked to hold the Crimson to a field goal. Ben Braunecker's second catch of the drive led him to the end zone for the 28-0 Harvard lead.
On the next drive, Lafayette started at its own 23 and the Leopards were able to move the ball. The Reed to Matt Mrazek connection worked with completions of 12, 19 and 16 yards to the Harvard 23-yard line. The Leopards converted a 4th-and-9 toss to Rocco Palumbo for nine yards and Lafayette had the ball 1st-and-10 at the 13.
On second down, Reed found Mrazek in the end zone, but the touchdown was wiped away by a holding call. The Leopards had the ball 4th-and-7 when Reed's pass to Mrazek fell incomplete as he was blanketed by a Harvard defender. Mrazek finished the day with seven catches for 79 yards.
Harvard scored on its next drive, a 10-play 90-yard scoring drive that ended with Seitu Smith's 6-yard run with 4:08 left in the third. The Crimson added a final TD by Noah Reimers to put the final at 42-0.
Lafayette takes to the Leopards on Oct. 24, playing Holy Cross at 1 p.m.
Notes: Former public address announcer Jim Finnen was honored prior to the game when the control room in the press box was dedicated in his name.
It was the first time Lafayette was shut out since Sept. 22, 2001, a 37-0 home setback vs. Penn.
