Your final wrap of the season:
Yale 19, Harvard 14
Nolan Grooms drove the Bulldogs 75 yards on 13 plays for a five-yard touchdown pass with 6:29 remaining to give Yale the win and what would be the undisputed Ivy League championship before a crowd of 30,006 at Harvard Stadium. The Crimson (6-5, 4-3) had two opportunities to salvage a victory that would have given them a piece of a four-way tie for the title. The first ended when they failed on downs at the Yale 41 with 1:57 remaining. Their final chance came after taking over at their 25 with 42 seconds remaining and ended when Charlie Dean flipped the ball wildly downfield as he was being tackled and Yale picked it off for its fourth interception of the game at their own 42. Yale (8-2, 6-1) limited Harvard to 12 first downs and 288 yards on the day while winning its third title in five years, and 17th all-time.
PENN 20, PRINCETON 19
One year after a disputed play helped the Tigers win the Ivy League title another cost them the title. Trailing 19-17 after three quarters, Penn (8-2, 5-2) got two touchdown passes from Aidan Sayin in the fourth, the second on a five-yard, fourth-and-goal completion to Trey Flowers with five seconds remaining that either did or did not come after the play clock expired. The winning touchdown capped a 17-play, 72-yard drive that handed the Tigers (6-2, 5-2) their second consecutive loss after an 8-0 start this fall. Although the game featured two teams with championship hopes playing on a sunny day it attracted just 6,028 fans to Princeton Stadium.
COLUMBIA 45, CORNELL 22
The Lions (6-4, 3-4) clinched a winning season by jumping out to a 28-7 lead through three quarters before a wild final period that saw the teams combine for 32 points. With Cornell (5-5, 2-5) scoring its final touchdown with 2:06 remaining and still needing two touchdowns and a pair of two-point conversions to have a chance at a miracle finish, the Big Red tried an onside kick. Marcus Libman vacuumed it up and ran 48 yards for the final score. The game drew 3,672 to New York City.
NEW HAMPSHIRE 42, MAINE 41 (OT)
The Wildcats (8-3, 7-1 CAA) grabbed a share of the Colonial Athletic Association championship but it wasn’t easy before 4,638 in Orono, Forced to overtime by the Black Bears (2-9, 2-6), they retained the Brice-Cowell Musket by scoring first in the overtime period and then intercepting Maine’s two-point try in the bottom of the frame. New Hampshire, which led 21-7 in the second quarter and 35-28 before Maine drove 75 yards for the tying TD with 3:11 left in regulation, will find out if it made the FCS playoff field at 12:30 p.m. Sunday.
LIU 37, SACRED HEART 34
Trailing 37-10 with time running out in the third quarter, the Pioneers roared back with three touchdowns and a field goal in a span of 5 minutes, 20 seconds – if you believe the stat package – but couldn’t finish the job as they fell to 5-6 overall and 3-4 in the NEC. LIU improved to 4-7, 4-3 in front of 4,763 in Fairfield.
DRAKE 24, VALPARAISO 0
Valparaiso (5-6, 4-4) went down to Drake (3-8, 3-5) with a whimper in front of a whopping 419 at Brown Field. Valpo managed just 216 yards of offense and Drake 256 on a cold day with periodic flurries. The Beacons lost two fumbles and threw two interceptions while Drake did not give the football away.
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Find the Valley News game story on Dartmouth-Brown HERE.
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EXTRA POINT
The '84 VW camper is headed for the back of our garage today. I'm probably going to back it in and jockey it rather than using the dollies. If I do, I'll count number of times I go back-and-forth and report it here tomorrow. The over under is 20 and hopefully just a little yelling.
