RECAP – Playoffs: A Home Playoff Rout In Philadelphia; Villanova Takes Down Harvard, 52-7
If Eagles fans were hoping for a resounding home win during the 2025 Thanksgiving weekend , they may have been watching the wrong game on Friday.
Villanova (10–2), hosting historic Harvard (9–2) at home, completely dominated the first round of the FCS Championship Playoffs , with the Wildcats going up 31–0 before Harvard got onto the board.
Villanova opened the scoring with a 45-yard Isaiah Ragland scoring run. Lucas Kopecky then hauled in a scoring pass from Pat McQuaide, McQuaide scored himself, and Ja’Briel Mace added a five-yard run to pay-dirt before Harvard was able to respond on the scoreboard.
In the second half , Pat McQuaide would add two more touchdown passes (to Luke Colella and Antonio Johnson). Julian Glantz’s 4th quarter five-yard touchdown run completed the 52–7 rout. Harvard turned the ball over three times and was held to only 213 yards. Villanova compiled 512 yards, including 319 on the ground.
In the season finale against Scared Heart on Saturday, that included a mesmerizing performance on the ground from Ja’briel Mace, including 165 yards and two scores on nine carries, including an 80-yard scamper and a receiving touchdown in the 34–10 win. A week before, in an overtime win against Stony Brook with David Avit out due to a knee injury , Isaiah Ragland ran the ball for nearly 100 yards.
Villanova travels to Lehigh next Saturday.
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