Sports
Princeton University Football Team Suffers First Conference Loss, to Harvard
Harvard won, 49-7, on Saturday, according to espn.com.
There was no exciting finish this year.
The Harvard University football team jumped out to an early lead and never looked back in a 49-7 win over Princeton in a battle of first place teams in the Ivy League, according to espn.com.
Harvard remained undefeated at 6-0 overall and 3-0 in conference play. Princeton fell to 3-3 overall, 2-1 in conference play.
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The Tigers’ only score of the game came with 28 seconds left on a 2-yard touchdown run from Joe Rhattigan.
It was the most lopsided game between the teams in recent years.
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Last year, Princeton won at Harvard, 51-48, in triple overtime.
In 2012, Princeton beat Harvard, 39-34.
Video from both of the finish of both of those games was posted on goprincetontigers.com this week.
For more on Saturday’s game, visit espn.com.
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