Harvard’s last trip to Franklin Field, like countless other treks to Philadelphia the past two decades, resulted in another long, quiet bus ride back to Cambridge after the Crimson had been humbled once again by Penn.

“We didn’t do a great job limiting their run game, we were not able to dictate the line of scrimmage,” recalled Josh Boyd, the frustration of the 34-14 pounding on Nov. 13, 2010 still fresh for the senior linebacker.