Philadelphia: There is something special about when you play your big rivals, especially on Senior Day & that is what we had on Saturday Afternoon as the Penn Quakers took on the Harvard Crimson from Franklin Field. Penn came into the game with a 4-4 record & 2-3 in the Ivy League, while Harvard would make their way to Philly at 7-1 & 4-1 in the Ivy League.
How the game went:
Harvard would jump out early on the Quakers by leading 10-0 before Penn got on the board with FG & then the Crimson kept the pressure on the Quakers & leading 17-3 with under 4 minutes left until halftime. Then Penn would wake up and score the next 21 points, starting with Ronan Johnson touchdown
Then, a few minutes later, the Quakers would block the Harvard punt & recover it in the endzone to get the game tied at 17
The 21-point run for the Quakers would end with a pick-six
The crowd at Franklin Field just could not believe what they were seeing as they shocked Harvard to retake the lead going into half down 24-17.
Based on what we saw in the 1st half, could Penn keep the Pressure on Harvard and get the win on Senior Day & the answer would be NO as Harvard would wake up and just take the game over with scoring the final 21 points of the game staring with Nathan Bailley 34 yard TD to get things tied ta 24 with 7 minutes left in 3rd quarter & then in the 4th quarter, Harvard ground game would take over lead by Xaviah Bascon as his TD would make it 31-24 & then later on in the 4th quarter, The Crimson would ice the game with touchdown from Kise Flannery which made it 38-24.
The Final Whistle would sound & Harvard would keep their dominance over Penn with their 6th straight win & at the same time, clinch a share of the Ivy League title
Postgame:
Penn Coach Rick Santos:
Harvard Coach Andrew Aurich:
Final Numbers 
What is next:
With this loss & Penn has now lost 6 in a row to Harvard, and their last win against Harvard was back in 2019. The Quakers stand at 4-5 this season & will end the season on the road next week at Princeton.
When asked about what he takes away from 1st season as the head coach of Penn, Rick Santos said the following
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