Sophomore tight end Seamus Gilmartin had the first two of those touchdowns, his first points with the Crimson. Craig hit a wide-open Gilmartin down the left sideline for a 54-yard score, making the score 17-14 with 8:36 left in the second. Then, after the Harvard defense stuffed Cornell quarterback Jameson Wang on a fourth down near midfield, Craig found Gilmartin behind the secondary for a 20-yard score on a fourth-and-3 with 1:45 left.

Gilmartin had just one catch in Harvard’s first three games. The two touchdowns were his only receptions on Friday.

Harvard appeared poised to take a 24-14 halftime lead, but a three-pointer by Cornell ended in an incomplete pass, giving the Crimson the ball back with 44 seconds left. That was enough time to go 51 yards in four plays, the last being a 19-yard connection from Craig over the middle to Cooper Barkate, who also scored Harvard’s first score of the night.

Craig finished the night 20-for-27 with 316 yards, 258 of them before halftime. He shared snaps with Charles DePrima, who scored Harvard’s only score of the second half with a 2-yard toss to Ryan Osborne with 4:58 left in the third quarter. Not only did DePrima hit all four of his passes, but he also ran for 24 yards.

Barkate rushed for 130 yards on seven completions, with Scott Woods II hauling in 10 balls for 76 yards and adding 74 more on three punt returns; 18- and 45-yard runbacks each set up Harvard’s final two scoring drives. Sophomore and Swampscott High graduate Xaviah Bascon had 99 yards on 23 carries.

Wang opened the game 7-for-7 for 80 yards, but finished the game 21-for-30 for 153 for Cornell, with touchdowns to Samuel Musungu and Ryder Kurtz. The Crimson held the Big Red, who wore all-black uniforms for the first time in school history, to 2 for 11 in the third period.

Harvard hosts Holy Cross next Saturday at Harvard Stadium.