SportsDirect Inc. staff
Oct 2, 2010
Harvard rushed for 311 yards in a 35-10 rout of Lafayette on Saturday at Fisher Field in Easton, Penn.
Gino Gordon led the Crimson's ground attack with 170 yards and three touchdowns.
Harvard (2-1, 0-1) opened the game with a big kickoff return by Marco Iannuzzi and scored six plays later on Gordon's first touchdown of the day. The Crimson extended their lead to 21-3 at halftime and pulled away in third quarter.
The host Leopards (0-4, 0-1) committed 10 penalties for 109 yards and managed only 294 yards of offense. Davis Rodriguez kicked a 45-yard field goal at the end of the second quarter and Andrew Shoop threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Greg Kessel to account for Lafayette's 10 points.
Rich Zajeski and Treavor Scales added short touchdown runs, and Colton Chapple threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Kyle Juszczyk for Harvard.
The Crimson returns to Ivy League play to host Cornell next week. Lafayette travels to Columbia next week.