Here's your Week One roundup:
BROWN 44, BRYANT 38 (2 OT)
The Bears drove 74 yards for a touchdown and two-point conversion with 42 seconds remaining to force overtime, traded touchdowns in the first OT and then won the game in the second on a one-yard Allen Smith TD run.
Quarterback Jake Wilcox with 26-of-39 for 356 yards with three touchdowns but also three interceptions for Brown, which ran for 149 yards against the cross-state Bulldogs (0-3). Graham Walker caught eight passes for 116 yards and two scores for the Bears. Attendance on a glorious day at Brown stadium was a disappointing, 2,044.
COLUMBIA 38, MARIST 3
The Lions scored their most lopsided season-opening win since 1972 with help from a 21-0 first quarter. Already ahead 28-0 they got a 53-yard field goal with no time left in the first half and a 49-yard interception return for a touchdown to start the third quarter to go up, 38-0. Marist denied Columbia the shutout on a 30-yard field goal with just over a minute remaining.
Joe Green was 15-of-21 for 144 yards with two touchdowns for Columbia, which also ran for 226 yards and two touchdowns despite top returning rusher Ryan Young missing the game. Junior Joey Giorgi carried 16 times for 103 yards in the first action of his career. Marist (0-2) had just 55 yards on the ground in 22 attempts.Attendance for the night game in Poughkeepsie was 1,643.
Editor's Note: Forgot to include Cornell this morning. After a big win the Big Red should't have been overlooked!
CORNELL 28, VMI 22
The Big Red jumped out to a 28-2 lead through three quarters and then held on for the upset in front of 5,074 in Lexington. VMI's last TD came with four seconds left to make the final score look closer than it was. Junior Luke Duby and soph Jameson Wang split time at quarterback with Duby going 8-of-12 for 65 yards with an interception and Wang 5-for-10 for 42 yards but with two touchdowns. Both TD tosses were to senior William Enneking, who enjoyed his first two career catches.
Cornell ran for 159 yards with freshman Gannon Carothers leading the way with 57 yards and one touchdown on 18 carries. VMI had no success on the ground, finishing with negative two yards on 25 carries, thanks in part to six sacks and nine tackles for loss. The Keydets (1-2) did have 358 yards passing but suffered two interceptions.
PENN 25, COLGATE 14
Trailing 14-3 at the break the Quakers used a 22-0 second half and a strong defensive effort that limited the Raiders to 192 yards of total offense to win in front of 4,678 at Franklin Field. Quarterback Aidan Sayin was 31-of-44 for 289 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions for Penn, which got 66 yards on the ground from Trey Flowers, but just 13 total yards from three other ballcarriers.
The Colgate quarterback completed a woeful 13-of-29 passes and was sacked five times. The visitors' leading rusher had a mere 28 yards as they netted just 43 yards on the ground.
PRINCETON 39, STETSON 14
Stung by touchdown passes of 60 and 49 yards, the Tigers trailed 14-7 early in the second quarter before running off the next 32 points to win going away. Leading the comeback before the half was standout receiver Andrei Ioasivas, who caught touchdown passes of five and 10 yards from quarterback Blake Stenstrom on consecutive possessions to give the Tigers the lead. They closed out the first-half scoring with a safety to take a 22-14 lead into the break.
Stetson managed just 22 yards of offense in the second half until its final drive, by which time the Tigers had stretched their lead to 25 points. The Hatters were held to negative 10 yards rushng on just 19 attempts. Stenstrom finished 23-of-33 for 256 yards with two touchdowns. Ryan Butler led the ground game with seven carries for 67 yards and two touchdowns. Attendance on a rainy day in DeLand was 1,692.
HOLY CROSS 38, YALE 14
After the Bulldogs tied the game at 7-7 early in the second quarter the homestanding Crusaders ran off the next 31 points to win going away before a terrific crowd of 13,847 at Fitton Field. No. 12 Holy Cross (3-0), which defeated FBS member Buffalo a week ago, piled up 571 yards of offense and 27 first downs.
Holy Cross quarterback Matthew Sluka was 16-of-20 for 249 yards and two touchdowns despite being sacked five times. Yale's Nolan Grooms was 11-of-21 for just 98 yard with two interceptions. He also led the Bulldogs with 58 yards on the ground. Holy Cross piled up 253 yards rushing.
MORGAN STATE 24, SACRED HEART 9
Scoring continues to be a problem for the Pioneers (1-2), who have two rushing touchdowns and one passing in their three games. Clearly missing their best two offensive linemen from a year ago (one is on an NFL practice squad and one grad transferred to Rutgers) they managed just 60 yards on the ground against Morgan State (1-2) and 235 yards of total offense.
Malik Grant, a preseason All-America selection for Sacred Heart was held to 13 yards on 11 carries. Quarterback Marquez McCray led the Pioneers on the ground with 18 yards. He was 22-of-37 for 175 yards and one touchdown with two interceptions passing. Sacred Heart was assessed 10 penalties. Attendance in Baltimore was 5,347.
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL
The visiting Eagles used a 21-point first quarter, an interception return for a touchdown and a 205-65 advantage in rushing to stun No 25 New Hampshire (2-1) in front of 9,630 at Wildcat Stadium.
UNH quarterback Max Brosmer threw four touchdown passes (five if you count the pick six) but the visitors bottled up explosive running back Dylan Laube, holding him to 44 yards. NCC, which got 140 yards and a touchdown on the ground and 194 yards and two TDs through the air from quarterback Davius Richard, improves to 3-0. The visitors were successful on 12-of-15 third-down opportunities.
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The Valley News story on Dartmouth's win over Valparaiso can be read HERE.
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Find the visitors' perspective on the game on the Valparaiso website HERE.
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EXTRA POINT
First it was a smoke detector a few weeks back going off in the middle of the night. This time it was the indoor/outdoor thermometer chirping essentially, "Gimme new batteries, Gimme new batteries" after we went to bed last night. Mrs. BGA, who heard the beeping before I did, went downstairs and replaced the batteries, but of course the receiver isn't playing nice with the transmitter after the change. Now I'm going to have to dig through my files for the instructions on how to marry the two up again. Ain't technology great?
