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38–28
Final
 Polar Park, Worcester
FINALHarvard 38, Holy Cross 28

Highlights

8 CLIPS · ESPN
AJ Lopez with a spectacular touchdown vs. Holy Cross CrusadersVIDEO: ESPN ↗

Win probability

EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODEL
HC WINNING
HARV WINNING
KICKQ2Q3Q4FINAL

KICKOFF: HC 59% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 24 PTS

Scoring plays

10 SCORES
Q1
Rushing Touchdown

Cooper Barkate 8 Yd Run (Cali Canaval Kick)

11:58
7-0
Passing Touchdown

Jalen Coker 74 Yd pass from Matthew Sluka (Luis Palenzuela Kick)

6:28
7-7
Passing Touchdown

Dean Boyd 26 Yd pass from Charles Deprima (Cali Canaval Kick)

4:48
14-7
Q2
Rushing Touchdown

Shane McLaughlin 3 Yd Run (Cali Canaval Kick)

10:53
21-7
Passing Touchdown

Jalen Coker 30 Yd pass from Matthew Sluka (Luis Palenzuela Kick)

6:49
21-14
Interception Return Touchdown

Aj Lopez 26 Yd Interception Return (Cali Canaval Kick)

1:46
28-14
Passing Touchdown

Byron Shipman 4 Yd pass from Matthew Sluka (Luis Palenzuela Kick)

0:23
28-21
Q3
Passing Touchdown

Cooper Barkate 31 Yd pass from Charles Deprima (Cali Canaval Kick)

3:05
35-21
Q4
Field Goal Good

Cali Canaval 40 Yd Field Goal

7:12
38-21
Passing Touchdown

Byron Shipman 3 Yd pass from Matthew Sluka (Luis Palenzuela Kick)

3:12
38-28

What happened

ESPN RECAP

Deprima, Barkate lead Harvard to 38-28 upset win over Holy Cross

WORCESTER, Mass. -- , Charles Deprima threw two touchdown passes, Cooper Barkate scored on a run and a catch and Harvard never trailed in a 38-28 upset victory over Holy Cross on Saturday. Holy Cross entered play ranked fifth in the FCS coaches poll. Harvard was No. 24. Harvard (3-0) used an 8-yard touchdown run by Barkate and Deprima's 26-yard scoring strike to Dean Boyd to grab a 14-7 lead after one quarter. Shane McLaughlin 's 3-yard touchdown run pushed the Crimson's lead to 21-7 early in the second quarter. Matthew Sluka 's second long scoring strike to Jalen Coker pulled the Crusaders within a touchdown. AJ Lopez intercepted Sluka and returned it 27 yards for a score, but Sluka came right back with a 4-yard touchdown toss to Byron Shipman with 23 seconds remaining and Holy Cross (3-2) trailed 28-21 at halftime.

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Top performers

HARV
PASSINGCharles Deprima9/20, 151 YDS, 2 TD
RUSHINGCharles Deprima16 CAR, 89 YDS
RECEIVINGCooper Barkate5 REC, 73 YDS, 1 TD
HC
PASSINGMatthew Sluka15/26, 320 YDS, 4 TD, 3 INT
RUSHINGMatthew Sluka20 CAR, 83 YDS
RECEIVINGJalen Coker7 REC, 176 YDS, 2 TD

Team stats

HARV · HC
360
TOTAL YARDS
468
151
PASSING
320
209
RUSHING
148
20
1ST DOWNS
19
5-15
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
3-11
0
TURNOVERS
5
4-35
PENALTIES
3-31
33:46
POSSESSION
26:14

POLAR PARK, WORCESTER · ATTENDANCE 7,906

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