Sunday, November 08, 2009

A Wild Day To Say The Least

Dartmouth's official release on Saturday's 20-17 double-overtime victory against Cornell can be found here. Cornell's official release is here.

The number is a little off, but Dartmouth freshman Greg Patton (bio) gets a mention in a Denver Post By the Numbers blurb from Saturday's college football. Patton actually had 243 yards rushing, not 245.

Elsewhere ...

Harvard (5-0 Ivy League) and Penn (5-0 Ivy) held serve Saturday, setting up this week's huge showdown at Harvard Stadium. The winner of that game is guaranteed at least a share of the Ivy League title. Everyone else has been eliminated from the championship hunt.

Penn 42, Princeton 7
Kyle Olsen tossed three touchdown passes and Lyle Marsh ran for 99 yards for the Quakers (6-2, 5-0). Princeton (2-6, 1-4) was held to 10 first downs. As this story notes, Penn gone 21 games since allowing a 100-yard rusher, 23 games since allowing a 300-yard passer and 21 quarters – since the last play of the third quarter in the Ivy League opener against Dartmouth – since allowing a rushing touchdown.

Harvard 34, Columbia 14
The Crimson (6-2, 5-0) ran out to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter and was up 34-0 before Columbia (2-6, 1-4) scored a couple of cosmetic touchdowns in the final 6:49. The Lions again played without starting quarterback Milli Olawale and rushing leader Ray Rangel.

Brown 35, Yale 21
Kyle Newhall-Caballero completed 23-of-30 passes for 269 yards and two touchdowns as Brown (5-3, 3-2) put up 494 yards on the vaunted Yale (4-4, 2-3) defense. Sophomore Spiro Theodhisi of Londonderry, N.H., pierced the Bulldogs for 167 yards and the Bear defense intercepted Yale quarterback Patrick Witt three times.

Holy Cross 24, Lehigh 20
Crusaders quarterback Dominic Randolph hit Freddie Santana with a four-yard touchdown pass with 1:03 left to give the Crusaders (8-1, 4-0 Patriot League) a come-from-behind victory over the Mountain Hawks (2-7, 2-2). The winning drive covered 81 yards.

Lafayette 56, Colgate 49
Defense was a dirty word in Easton as Colgate (8-2, 3-2 Patriot League) surrendered seven touchdown passes to Rob Curley of Lafayette (8-1, 4-0 Patriot). Nate Eachus had 216 yards and five touchdowns on 45 carries for the Raiders.

New Hampshire 55, Rhode Island 42
Chad Kackert ran for 166 yards and two touchdowns for UNH (8-1, 5-1 Colonial) who gave up 424 yards passing to Rhode Island's (1-8, 0-6 Colonial) Chris Paul-Etienne.

Check Big Green Alert premium this evening for a look at Dartmouth's junior varsity game againt Bridgton.

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