Sunday, October 18, 2015

Weekend Wrap

And then there were two.

With Brown's win over Princeton here are just two undefeated teams – overall and in conference play – left in action.

Harvard and Dartmouth.

Saturday's wrap:

Brown 38, Princeton 31
The Bears (3-2, 1-1) struck early and late against the Tigers (4-1, 1-1). Alexander Jette returned the opening kickoff 99 yards to put Brown up, 7-0, and a hit on Princeton quarterback Chad Kanoff led to an interception in Tiger territory with 1:57 left and the winning Brown touchdown run exactly one minute later – with 57 seconds left. Playing again without leading rusher DiAndre Atwater, Princeton's usually potent running attack managed just 74 yards on the ground.

Penn 42, Columbia 7
The much-anticipated Bagnoli Bowl was a bust as Penn (2-3, 1-1) gave up an early touchdown and then ran off the next 42 points before calling off the dogs against its old coach. The Quakers turned four turnovers into touchdowns and limited Florida transfer Styler Mornhinweg to 56 yards passing on 11 completions. Penn finished with 417 yards of total offense while Columbia (1-4, 0-2) was limited to 199.

Harvard 42, Lafayette 0
Lafayette was held to 18 yards on 19 rushes and was just 2-for-15 on third down as Harvard (5-0, 2-0) cruised to its 19th consecutive victory. Paul Stanton ran for 123 yards as the Crimson won for a school-record 13th time in a row on the road. Harvard finished with a 500-197 advantage in total yards against the Leopards (1-6, 0-2 Patriot), whose only win was against woeful Wagner.

Yale 21, Maine 10
The Bulldogs (4-1, 1-1) bounced back from their humbling in Hanover to win at Maine (2-4, 2-1) with help from 139 rushing yards and two touchdowns from Deshawn Salter. Yale quarterback Morgan Roberts was just 14-for-33 passing with one interception but the Bulldogs did even better against Maine's Daniel Collins, holding him to 19-for-49 and picking him off twice.

Sacred Heart 31, Cornell 6
With Luke Hagy lost to a potential concussion on the second play of the game Cornell (0-5, 0-2) had to play without its most dangerous weapon and it showed. Sacred Heart (4-2) posted five sacks and got 202 receiving yards from Tyler Dube to win going away.

Colgate 17, Georgetown 13
The Raiders (3-4, 2-0 Patriot) jumped out to a 17-0 lead and then had to hold on as Georgetown (3-4, 1-1 Patriot) rallied with 13 points in the final period.