Here's how Dartmouth opponents fared yesterday:
Harvard 35, Princeton 14
Trailing by four early in the second quarter, the Crimson ran off the game’s next 25 points to remain unbeaten. Xavier Bascon ran for 101 yards and one touchdown on 13 carries while Jaden Craig threw for 216 yards and one TD as Harvard continued its best start since 2015 by winning at Princeton for the first time since 2016.
Harvard improved to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in the Ivy League with its sixth consecutive road victory, the longest active streak in the nation. The Crimson finished with a season-high 259 yards on the ground. Princeton fell to 3-3 and 2-1 in the Ivy League with Kai Colón completing 19-of-31 passes for 239 yards and two touchdowns. Attendance at Princeton Stadium was 9,137.
Yale 35, Penn 13
Dante Reno completed 16-of-22 passes for 211 yards and three touchdowns, Josh Pitsenberger ran for 145 yards and one TD, and defensive back Abu Kamara brought a fumble back 63 yards for his third touchdown in his last seven games to pace the Bulldogs. Nico Brown had eight catches 121 yards for Yale.
Liam O’Brien had 220 yards passing with Jared Richardson collecting six throws for 85 yards and Penn’s only touchdown. The Quakers fell to 4-2 and 2-1 in the Ivy League. Yale improved to 4-2 and 2-1 in front of 4,412 at the Bowl.
Cornell 30, Brown 24 (2OT)
The Big Red scored just six points in the first 56 minutes of the game and then 11 in the final four minutes to force overtime on the way to its second win in a row after an 0-4 start. The ball spent a lot of time in the air with Brown’s James Murphy completing 30-of-46 passes for 468 yards and two touchdowns while Cornell’s Garrett Bass-Sulpizio was throwing for 348 yards on 28-of-48 passing.
Tailing 17-6, the Big Red (2-4, 1-2 Ivy) got a 10-yard touchdown run by Bass-Sulpizio and two-point conversion with 3:44 left, and then a 25-yard field goal with 46 seconds remaining to tie the score. Both teams had touchdowns in the first overtime and after the Bears (3-3,0-3 Ivy) came up empty Jordan Triplett’s one-yard run in the bottom half of the OT won it for the home team. The game drew 3,242 to Schoellkopf Field.
New Hampshire 34, William & May 24
Matt Vezza threw for 280 yards and three touchdowns and ran 15 times for 99 yards as the Wildcats improved to 5-4 overall and 3-2 in the CAA. Almost matching the UNH quarterback’s production was the Tribe’s Tyler Hughes, who completed 19-of-24 throws for 204 yards while running for three touchdowns and 74 yards on 14 carries. William & Mary is now 4-4 and 3-2 in conference.
New Hampshire’s Caleb Burke caught six passes for 153 yards and two touchdowns while Kyle Thomason was running 21 times for 130 yards and one score. Attendance at UNH was listed as 9,835.
Lehigh 27, Fordham 6
Held to 10 points in the first half, the No.7 Mountain Hawks scored two touchdowns in the third quarter to stretch their lead to 24-0 as they went on to another convincing win before 4,893 at Moglia Stadium. Fordham quarterback Gunnar Smith threw for 203 yards but was sacked five times. Lehigh improved to 8-0 overall and 3-0 in the Patriot League while Fordham is now 1-7 and 1-3 in the Patriot.
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David Shribman, who co-authored The Dartmouth football book Green Field of Autumn with former Dartmouth sports information director Jack DeGange, has a piece headlined, Dartmouth vs. Harvard
Football’s battle for civilization takes on a new meaning this year, in Dartmouth Alumni Magazine. Find the story HERE.
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Be sure to stop by BGA Overtime tonight or tomorrow morning for the weekly What They Did & What They Said story. On tap tomorrow Your Mileage My Vary with The Optimist and The Pessimist stopping by on Tuesday. Given the gravitas of this week's game, there may even be a bonus feature this week, so stay tuned.
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EXTRA POINT
Unless you live under a rock, you know the government is currently shut down and that means rangers in the National Park System are not allowed to safeguard park features and educate visitors. The sign in this picture at a park we have special fondness for reads:
Restoration Area
Help us restore Bryce Canyon's native plant community by staying on trail.
Off-trail footprints easily compact this fragile sediment, reducing oxygen and nutrients to plant roots below: Over time this leads to plant death and lack of new growth .
Thank you for letting this area heal.
Furloughed rangers are not allowed to remind these visitors of the damage they are doing by ignoring the sign directly in front of them.
