With Harvard’s impressive 26-6 win over Cornell on Saturday, the Crimson remained one of two unbeaten teams in the Ivy League. The Quakers of Penn kept pace with the Crimson, remaining undefeated as they humbled Columbia in New York City.
Pennsylvania 35, Columbia 7
The Quakers remained unbeaten and the Lions remained winless after their game on Saturday. Penn (4-0, 2-0) relied on a balanced offense and stifling defense against Columbia (0-4,0-2).
The Penn defense held Columbia to 242 yards of total offense, with star running back Johnathan Reese amassing a mere 66 yards on 15 carries and quarterback Jeff McCall completing only 17 of 34 passes for 137 yards.
The Columbia defense had no such answers for Penn’s high-octane offense. The Quaker offense, in comparison, compiled 526 yards of total offense, including 244 yards from reigning Ivy League Player of the Year Gavin Hoffman, who threw for one touchdown and ran for another.
Penn running back Kris Ryan added 126 yards on 18 carries, and together they dominated Columbia for the whole game.
Brown 35, Princeton 24
Behind the record-breaking rushing of Michael Malan, the Brown Bears (2-2, 1-1 Ivy) defeated Princeton (1-3, 1-1) on Saturday in Providence.
Malan became the first Brown player in history to rush for more than 200 yards in consecutive games by rushing for 208 against the Tigers. Cameron Atkinson led Princeton’s ground game, amassing 148 yards on 18 carries.
Princeton started off the day’s scoring on a 62-yard score by Atkinson, and led 10-7 in the first quarter before the Brown’s special teams unit turned the game around. With Taylor Northrup, Princeton’s punter lined up near his end zone late in the first quarter, Brown’s Brandon Buchanan blocked the punt and Joe Rackely recovered the ball in the end zone for a Brown touchdown.
Princeton added kicks in the second and third quarters to pull ahead, 16-14.
But the Brown offense came to life in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Tigers 21-8 on the strength of two Malan touchdowns, and pulled away from Princeton.
Holy Cross 49, Dartmouth 17
The Crusader offense was in full gear on Saturday as it pummeled the Big Green. Holy Cross (3-2) won largely on the strength of Brian Hall’s arm, as the quarterback passed for an impressive five touchdowns on 13-of-16 passing.
Dartmouth (1-3, 1-1) lost quarterback Greg Smith to a broken finger on his throwing hand in the first quarter. Smith had entered the game in third place in total offense in Division I-AA, averaging 365 yards per game. After the loss of Smith, Dartmouth was never able to get on track. The Big Green did not score until the game’s fourth quarter, when backup QB Evan Love completed a five-yards TD pass to Matt DeLellis.
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