Brown Game Story, Notes Posted

By Bruce Wood
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In his 10 years as head coach and four years as an assistant, Brown’s Phil Estes has been in enough of these Week Nine contests between his team and Dartmouth to have a pretty good idea of what to expect.

“It’s always the opposite of what you think it's going to be,” he said after Saturday’s game at chilly Brown Stadium. “If you think the offenses are going to go out there and move the football, it's normally a defensive struggle.”

That may have been the case in years past, but not this time. This potential shootout went according to Hoyle as Dartmouth and Brown combined for 90 points -- the most ever in a series dating to 1894 -- and exactly 1,100 yards of total offense.

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BIG NUMBERS TO NO AVAIL
By Bruce Wood
www.biggreenalert.com

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- On almost any day, Tom Bennewitz’ numbers would jump off the page.

The Dartmouth quarterback completed 28-of-38 passes for 312 yards and two touchdowns with one interception against Brown Saturday. He also ran 15 times for 62 yards (before sacks dropped his net to 36). He completed 21-of-23 passes to open the second half, including 12 in a row at one point, and only two of those were easy dump-offs to running backs.

Still, Bennewitz played a serious second fiddle on this day as Brown quarterback Michael Dougherty passed for 300 yards in the first half and 403 on the afternoon. The junior completed 18 consecutive passes straddling halftime and with his 41 completions (in 50 attempts) set a record for a Dartmouth opponent.

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