Then on the next drive, Yale went up for good on the legs of senior quarterback Joe Walland.
With the ball on the Penn 47-yard-line, Walland fumbled the snap but managed to recover and scamper up the middle for an 18-yard gain.
Then, on a play-action pass, Walland found nothing but open field in front of him. Due to spectacular blocking by Yale's wide receivers, Walland strolled into the end zone untouched.
The score put Yale up 23-19. Penn's offense remained stagnant and Yale hung on for the victory.
Princeton 44, Columbia 15
For Princeton, it was a game where the offense, led by quarterback Tommy Crenshaw (24-for-33, 304 yards, 2 TD) and tailback Kyle Brandt (15-for 97, 2 TD), finally came through after an embarrassing performance against Harvard last week.
But for Columbia, it was more of the same ugliness as most teams tend not to win when their only significant offensive production comes on a fake punt.
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