Football

Rawlings, Tyler, Estrada & Stebbins Earn Football Weekly Accolades

PRINCETON, N.J. -- Home teams went 4-0 this weekend, including Dartmouth (6-0, 3-0 Ivy) and Princeton (6-0, 3-0 Ivy) remaining unbeaten. Dartmouth posted a 35-point win over Columbia in front of a national television audience on ESPNU, while the other three games were each decided by six-or-fewer points. 
 
Yale’s Kurt Rawlings (passing touchdowns, yards of total offense) and Dartmouth’s Isiah Swann (interceptions) established new program career high-water marks in key categories. 

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Kurt Rawlings, Yale (Sr., QB – Bel Air, Md.)
  • Led Yale to a 46-41 shootout victory over Penn
  • Accumulated 388 yards and two touchdowns on 23-for-31 passing
  • Rushed for 67 yards and two touchdowns
  • Became the Yale career leader in touchdown passes (42) and yards of total offense (6,681)
  • Father, Keith, played football at Towson and Salisbury 
 
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK 
Jeremiah Tyler, Princeton (Jr., LB – Detroit, Mich.)
  • Helped Princeton to its 16th-straight victory, a 30-24 win over Harvard 
  • Recorded 13 tackles, including 2.0 for a loss and a .5 sack
  • Added a pass breakup, an interception and a 26-yard interception return
  • His interception led to a 46-yard Princeton field goal 
  • Has already set career-highs for tackles (36), tackles for loss (8.0) and sacks (3.0)  
 
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Drew Estrada, Dartmouth (Sr., WR – Argyle, Texas)
  • Contributed all over the field in Dartmouth’s 59-24 win over Columbia to remain unbeaten
  • Snapped a 52-year old single-game program record with 142 punt return yards
  • Took a punt 87 yards to the house for one of his two touchdowns on the day
  • Amassed 34 passing yards, 16 rushing yards, 14 receiving yards and a rushing touchdown on offense

ROOKIE OF THE WEEK 
Jake Stebbins, Cornell (Fr., LB – Cranberry Township, Pa.)
  • Registered nine tackles in Cornell’s 37-35 victory over Brown
  • Carded 1.5 tackles for loss, including a sack
  • Added a pass breakup in the winning effort
  • Earns his third-straight Rookie of the Week nod 

HONOR ROLL
Jason Medeiros, Brown (So., LB – Rehoboth, Mass.)
EJ Perry, Brown (Jr., QB – Andover, Mass.)
Ben Mathiasmeier, Columbia (Jr., DB – Katy, Texas) 
Mike Roussos, Columbia (So., WR – New Port Richey, Fla.)
SK Howard, Cornell (Jr., RB – Cumming, Ga.) 
Nickolas Null, Cornell (Sr., K/P – Bradenton, Fla.) 
Jelani Taylor, Cornell (Sr., S – Beecher, Mich.)
Hunter Hagdorn, Dartmouth (Sr., WR – Manvel, Texas)
Isiah Swann, Dartmouth (Sr., DB – Queen Creek, Ariz.) 
Aidan Borguet, Harvard (Fr., RB – Franklinville, N.J.)
Jack Cook, Harvard (Sr., WR – Shaker Heights, Ohio) 
Truman Jones, Harvard (So., DL – Atlanta, Ga.)
Brogan McPartland, Harvard (Sr., DL – Stephens City, Va.)
Ryan Cragun, Penn (So., WR – San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Prince Emili, Penn (Sr., DL – New City, N.Y.)
Jake Haggard, Penn (So., P – Laguna Niguel, Calif.) 
Nick Robinson, Penn (Sr., QB – Trabuco Canyon, Calif.) 
Kevin Davidson, Princeton (Sr., QB – Danville, Calif.)
Kyle Ellis, Yale (So., DB – Cumming, Ga.) 

2019 FOOTBALL WEEKLY AWARDS
OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Sept. 23 – EJ Perry, Brown (Jr., QB – Andover, Mass.)
Sept. 30 – Kevin Davidson, Princeton (Sr., QB – Danville, Calif.)
Oct. 7 – Kurt Rawlings, Yale (Sr., QB – Bel Air, Md.)
Oct. 14 – Drew Estrada, Dartmouth (Sr., WR – Argyle, Texas) 
Oct. 21 – Kurt Rawlings, Yale (Sr., QB – Bel Air, Md.)

DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Sept. 23 – David Jones, Cornell (Sr., DB – Sugar Land, Texas)
Sept. 30 – Rodney Thomas II, Yale (Jr., DB – Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Oct. 7 – Jack Traynor, Dartmouth (Sr., LB – Lake Forest, Ill.)
Oct. 14 – Jordan Hill, Harvard (Jr., LB – Silver Spring, Md.) 
Oct. 21 – Jack Traynor, Dartmouth (Sr., LB – Lake Forest, Ill.)

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
Sept. 23 – Mike Roussos, Columbia (So., WR – New Port Richey, Fla.)
Sept. 30 – Connor Davis, Dartmouth (So., K – Ocala, Fla.) 
Oct. 7 – DeMarkes Stradford, Harvard (So., RB – Waxhaw, N.C.)
Oct. 14 – Mike Roussos, Columbia (So., WR – New Port Richey, Fla.)
Oct. 21 – Alex Felkins, Columbia (Fr., K/P – Tulsa, Okla.)

ROOKIES OF THE WEEK
Sept. 23 – Alex Felkins, Columbia (Fr., K/P – Tulsa, Okla.)
Sept. 30 – James Stagg, Princeton (Fr., DL – Phoenix, Ariz.)
Oct. 7 – Khalil Dawsey, Harvard (Fr., DB – Detroit, Mich.)
Oct. 14 – Jake Stebbins, Cornell (Fr., LB – Cranberry Township, Pa.)
Oct. 21 – Jake Stebbins, Cornell (Fr., LB – Cranberry Township, Pa.)