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Harvard 28, UNH 23

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — — Xaviah Bascon had two 1-yard touchdown runs and Scott Woods II had four receptions for 93 yards — including a 65-yard TD catch-and-run — to help Harvard defeat the University of New Hampshire 28-23 Friday night.

Bascon’s second TD run gave Harvard a 21-16 lead with 5:11 left in the third quarter. The Wildcats went three-and-out on their next two possessions before Harvard quarterback Jaden Craig ran for a 6-yard gain on third-and-7, limped off the field and was replaced by Charles DePrima, who handed off to Bascon for a 1-yard run that moved the sticks. DePrima raced around the left end for a 16-yard TD run on the next play. The PAT extended Harvard’s lead to 28-16 with 11:15 to play.

GAME STATISTICS

Logan Tomlinson scored on a 3-yard catch-and-run that trimmed UNH’s deficit to 28-23 with 5:54 remaining.

UNH (3-2), which entered the game ranked No. 16 in the FCS coaches poll, had won three games in a row following a season-opening 57-3 road loss to Central Florida.

Harvard (2-1) is 8-0 all time against the Wildcats. Friday’s contest was the first time the programs had met since 1939.

Seth Morgan threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Caleb Burke that capped a 10-play, 82-yard drive on UNH’s opening possession.  Morgan hit Joey Corcoran for a 14-yard gain on fourth-and-1 from the Wildcats 35 that set up a 52-yard field goal by Nick Mazzie that made it 10-0 early in the second quarter.

Two plays later, Craig lofted a pass to Woods at the UNH 27, where broke a tackle and then raced the rest of the way for a 65-yard touchdown that trimmed Harvard’s deficit to 10-7 with 11:49 to go in the second quarter. The Wildcats responded with a seven-play, 64-yard drive but had to settle for Mazzie’s 27-yard field goal.

After UNH failed to convert a fourth-and-7 from near midfield, Craig connected with Cooper Barkate for a 51-yard gain that set up a 1-yard TD run by Bascon that gave the Crimson its first lead at 14-13 with 4:08 to play in the first half.

Mazzie made his third field goal as time expired in the second quarter to put UNH in front 16-14.

The Wildcats have lost six consecutive road games when coming off a bye and are 4-9 overall when coming off a bye in the last 10 seasons.

Harvard has won back-to-back games against nationally ranked opponents. The Crimson beat then-No. 5 Holy Cross 38-28 last season at Polar Park, home of the Boston Red Sox Triple-A affiliate Worcester WooSox.

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