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Here's your roundup of Saturday's games:
Harvard 31, New Hampshire 7
The Crimson scored two touchdowns in the final minute of the second quarter and its defense posted seven sacks while holding the home team to 49 yards on the ground in a win before 5,169 at UNH (1-3). First-year starting quarterback Charlie Smith was 11-for-19 for a modest 71 yards through the air for Harvard.
Yale 38, Holy Cross 28
Trailing the winless Crusaders (0-4) in the fourth quarter, Yale responded with a pair of touchdown passes from Dante Reno and a late field goal to win in front of 17,623 at Fitton Field. Reno completed 30-of-43 passes for 454 yards and five touchdowns with Jaxton Santiago catching 12 balls for 234 yards and two scores. Lucius Anderson added nine grabs for 155 yards and two TDs for the Bulldogs.
Penn 20, Bucknell 7
Freshman quarterback Miles Teodecki threw for 197 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 87 yards and a score as the Quakers won their first game under new coach Ricky Santos. The Penn defense held Bucknell to six first downs (including two by penalty) and 124 yards of total offense. A crowd of 3,360 in Lewisburg saw the Bison fall to 1-3.
Brown 17, New Haven 10
Brown's James Murphy completed 26-of-38 passes for 343 yards but was picked off twice and sacked four times by the Chargers (1-3), who made it a game after falling behind 17-0 at the half. Matt Childs was the workhorse for the Bears, running for 53 yards and two touchdowns and catching three passes for 95 yards in front of 7,200 in New Haven.
Columbia 40, Lafayette 34 (ot)
The Lions picked off a Lafayette (1-2) pass in the top half of the first overtime and then got a gamewinning 25-yard touchdown on their first play of the bottom half to win in front of 3,728 in New York. Chase Goodwin threw for 367 yards and two touchdowns and Griffin Johnson ran for 124 yards as Columbia piled up 524 yards of total offense.
Bryant 21, Princeton 14
Transfer quarterback Wyatt Becker got the start for Princeton, completing 15-of-29 passes for 202 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions against the Bulldogs (3-1). Ethan Clark's one-yard TD pulled Princeton into a 14-14 tie early in the fourth quarter but Bryant responded with a 79-yard drive capped by an 11-yard run to earn the win. The game drew a crowd of 3,411 to Smithfield, R.I.
Colgate 20, Cornell 7
The Raiders (3-1) jumped out to a 20-0 halftime lead and picked off Garrett Bass-Sulpizio three times while holding Cornell to 11 first downs and 238 yards of total offense. Colgate held the ball for 40:11 to Cornell's 19:49, and limited the Big Red to 3-of-17 on third- and fourth-down conversions combined. Attendance in Hamilton was 5,287.
Monmouth 28, Albany 20
The Hawks (2-2) used big plays to win in front of 6,132 in New York's capital. Monmouth opened the scoring with a 30-yard interception return for a touchdown on the second play of the game, made it 14-0 on a 46-yard Frankie Weaver TD throw, and later added a 60-yard Weaver touchdown aerial to down the Great Danes (2-2). Monmouth sealed the win by holding Albany out of the end zone after an interception set the Great Danes up at the Hawks three with four minutes remaining.
No. 4/5 Tarleton 45, Merrimack 20
The Warriors trailed just 17-14 at the half before Tarleton exploded for 21 points in the third quarter in front of a crowd of 24,612 in Texas. Merrimack quarterback AJ Hairston threw for three touchdowns.
Trailing the winless Crusaders (0-4) in the fourth quarter, Yale responded with a pair of touchdown passes from Dante Reno and a late field goal to win in front of 17,623 at Fitton Field. Reno completed 30-of-43 passes for 454 yards and five touchdowns with Jaxton Santiago catching 12 balls for 234 yards and two scores. Lucius Anderson added nine grabs for 155 yards and two TDs for the Bulldogs.
Penn 20, Bucknell 7
Freshman quarterback Miles Teodecki threw for 197 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 87 yards and a score as the Quakers won their first game under new coach Ricky Santos. The Penn defense held Bucknell to six first downs (including two by penalty) and 124 yards of total offense. A crowd of 3,360 in Lewisburg saw the Bison fall to 1-3.
Brown 17, New Haven 10
Brown's James Murphy completed 26-of-38 passes for 343 yards but was picked off twice and sacked four times by the Chargers (1-3), who made it a game after falling behind 17-0 at the half. Matt Childs was the workhorse for the Bears, running for 53 yards and two touchdowns and catching three passes for 95 yards in front of 7,200 in New Haven.
Columbia 40, Lafayette 34 (ot)
The Lions picked off a Lafayette (1-2) pass in the top half of the first overtime and then got a gamewinning 25-yard touchdown on their first play of the bottom half to win in front of 3,728 in New York. Chase Goodwin threw for 367 yards and two touchdowns and Griffin Johnson ran for 124 yards as Columbia piled up 524 yards of total offense.
Bryant 21, Princeton 14
Transfer quarterback Wyatt Becker got the start for Princeton, completing 15-of-29 passes for 202 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions against the Bulldogs (3-1). Ethan Clark's one-yard TD pulled Princeton into a 14-14 tie early in the fourth quarter but Bryant responded with a 79-yard drive capped by an 11-yard run to earn the win. The game drew a crowd of 3,411 to Smithfield, R.I.
Colgate 20, Cornell 7
The Raiders (3-1) jumped out to a 20-0 halftime lead and picked off Garrett Bass-Sulpizio three times while holding Cornell to 11 first downs and 238 yards of total offense. Colgate held the ball for 40:11 to Cornell's 19:49, and limited the Big Red to 3-of-17 on third- and fourth-down conversions combined. Attendance in Hamilton was 5,287.
Monmouth 28, Albany 20
The Hawks (2-2) used big plays to win in front of 6,132 in New York's capital. Monmouth opened the scoring with a 30-yard interception return for a touchdown on the second play of the game, made it 14-0 on a 46-yard Frankie Weaver TD throw, and later added a 60-yard Weaver touchdown aerial to down the Great Danes (2-2). Monmouth sealed the win by holding Albany out of the end zone after an interception set the Great Danes up at the Hawks three with four minutes remaining.
No. 4/5 Tarleton 45, Merrimack 20
The Warriors trailed just 17-14 at the half before Tarleton exploded for 21 points in the third quarter in front of a crowd of 24,612 in Texas. Merrimack quarterback AJ Hairston threw for three touchdowns.
