Sunday, October 25, 2015

Saturday Wrap

A look at yesterday's games for Dartmouth opponents with a comment or two . . .

Harvard 42, Princeton 7
Par for the course. The Crimson (6-0, 3-0 Ivy League) is averaging 43.8 points per game and giving up 7.8. Harvard's last four scores are ridiculously similar: 45-0, 40-3, 42-0, 42-7. Scott Hosch passed for 437 yards and four touchdowns and Paul Stanton Jr. ran for 119 yards as Harvard exploded all over Princeton (4-2, 1-2 Ivy) after a scoreless first quarter.

Brown 44, Cornell 24
The Bears (4-2, 2-1 Ivy League) jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter, starting the scoring just 36 seconds in on a 59-yard pass from Marcus Fuller to Alexander Jette. Fuller finished with 312 yards and Johnny Pena ran for 112 and four touchdowns to keep Cornell (0-6 0-3 Ivy) winless. The only team to score two touchdowns against Harvard, Brown has won four games in a row since losing in Cambridge, 53-27.

Central Connecticut 26, Sacred Heart 10
The Pioneers (3-5, 2-1 NEC) got 272 passing yards from quarterback RJ Noel and 13 catches for 189 yards and a touchdown from receiver Tyler Dube but had trouble finding the end zone. Sacred Heart (4-3, 1-1 NEC) won the battle of first downs, 21-12, outgained the Blue Devils, 443-288, and turned the ball over just one time. And lost.

Georgetown 17, Bucknell 9
Jo'el Kampala ran for 142 yards for the Hoyas (4-4, 2-1 Patriot League), who managed to win giving up yardage not unlike Sacred Heart, being outgained 412-288. Bucknell (3-4, 0-2 Patriot) got 338 yards through the air from quarterback RJ Nitti and had both a 100-yard rusher and 100-yard receiver. And despite winning the turnover battle the Bison lost.

And once more from Friday night . . .

Penn 34, Yale 20
Yale (4-2, 1-2 Ivy League) quarterback Morgan Roberts was intercepted twice in the end zone and once at the Quaker 11. Penn quarterback Alek Torgersen completed 25-of-35 passes for 350 yards and four touchdowns and Tre Solomon ran for 121 yards and one touchdown for Penn (3-3, 2-1 Ivy).
The Columbia Spectator story on the Dartmouth-Columbia game is HERE.
Not sure if you can access it but there's a very lengthy and detailed profile on Dalyn Williams in the Valley News HERE under the headline: From the Bayou to the Big Green: Dynamic QB Shatters Records, Electrifies Dartmouth Football. It's a must-read.