Five Interceptions and 56 Running Plays: Dartmouth Handed No. 16 Harvard Its First Loss, 24-14

Five Interceptions and 56 Running Plays: Dartmouth Handed No. 16 Harvard Its First Loss, 24-14

Harvard outgained Dartmouth 403-271 and still lost. Charlie Smith threw five interceptions, Dartmouth ran 56 times for 229 yards and held the ball for 34:12, and the Big Green now hold the Ivy League tiebreaker.

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Harvard had 26 first downs and 403 yards of offense in Hanover on Friday night. Dartmouth had 271 yards and completed five passes. Dartmouth won 24-14, because the Big Green intercepted Charlie Smith five times and ran the ball 56 times to keep it away from him.

The win at Buddy Teevens Stadium at Memorial Field was Dartmouth's first over Harvard in five years, per the Valley News. Harvard came in 6-0 and ranked No. 16 in one FCS poll and No. 13 in the other. Both teams are now 3-1 in the Ivy League, and Dartmouth, 4-3 overall on a three-game winning streak, holds the head-to-head tiebreaker, per Dartmouth Athletics.

Harvard Converted 1 of 9 Third Downs

The box score from CollegeFootballData.com explains the gap between yards and points. Harvard went 1 of 9 on third down and turned the ball over five times. Dartmouth held the ball for 34:12, ran 56 times for 229 yards at 4.1 a carry without injured starting back Myles Craddock, and went 3 of 4 on fourth down.

Quarterback Grayson Saunier did the heavy lifting on the ground, 20 carries for 109 yards and a touchdown, while completing 5 of 12 passes for 42 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions. His 2-yard shovel pass to Dylan Elder on fourth down made it 14-0, and Owen Zalc's 30-yard field goal with 4:22 left made it 24-14.

Five Interceptions, Four Different Defenders

Cameron Best-Alston intercepted Smith twice, including on Harvard's first play, which set up Saunier's 1-yard touchdown run. Matthew Boydell picked him off on third-and-goal at the Dartmouth 1, No'Koi Maddox had another, and Sean Chester's interception two plays into Harvard's last drive ended it, per the Valley News.

Smith finished 23 of 37 for 277 yards and two touchdowns, both to freshmen or sophomores: Nathan Bailey from 13 yards and Ryan Tattersall from 38, per The Harvard Crimson. Harvard's Xaden Benson had three of the interceptions of Saunier and now has nine this season, a program single-season record that had stood since 1947.

Dartmouth plays at Princeton on Saturday at noon. Harvard hosts Columbia at 1 p.m. on Senior Day. The BallerTube college football page has the rest of the weekend.