Football

Harvard Remains Unbeaten; Brown, Dartmouth, Penn Pick Up Week 6 Wins

 PRINCETON, N.J. – No. 15 Harvard remained unbeaten, Brown delivered an overtime thriller and Dartmouth and Penn also earned victories in Week 6 of the Ivy League football season. 
 
Harvard improved to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in league play with a 35-7 win over Princeton, while Brown erased a 14-point second-half deficit to top Cornell, 38-31, in overtime. Dartmouth rushed for 247 yards and five touchdowns in a 38-18 road win over Columbia, while Penn held Yale scoreless in the second half to earn a 24-21 victory Friday night.
 
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23
PENN 24, YALE 21
7 p.m. // Philadelphia, Pa. // Franklin Field
  • Penn (3-3, 1-2 Ivy) rallied from a 21-14 halftime deficit to top Yale (3-3, 1-2 Ivy), 24-21. The Quakers held the Bulldogs scoreless in the second half and scored the game’s final 10 points.
  • Penn’s defense intercepted four passes, with Devin Malloy, Derek McCrum, Ezra Fearon and Brock Cornell each recording a pick. Zach Darche led the Quakers with 11 tackles, a sack and a tackle for loss.
  • Sean Williams Jr. rushed for 82 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries. His 13-yard touchdown run with 8:08 remaining gave Penn the lead.
  • Yale wide receiver Lucius Anderson recorded 10 receptions for 133 yards and two touchdowns, while Hugo Djeumeni Kemeni rushed for 107 yards and a score.
  • Yale had an opportunity to send the game to overtime, but Noah Piper’s 49-yard field-goal attempt was unsuccessful.
 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24
BROWN 38, CORNELL 31 (OT)
12 p.m. // Providence, R.I. // Richard Gouse Field at Brown Stadium
  • Brown (3-3, 1-2 Ivy) rallied from a 31-17 deficit to defeat Cornell (3-3, 1-2 Ivy), 38-31, in overtime. The Bears scored the game’s final 21 points.
  • James Murphy connected with Matt Childs for a nine-yard touchdown on the final play of regulation to force overtime. Childs then scored the game-winner on a 25-yard touchdown run on Brown’s first play of overtime.
  • Childs accounted for 157 yards from scrimmage and three touchdowns, rushing for 72 yards and two scores while adding 10 receptions for 85 yards and a touchdown.
  • Murphy completed 31-of-50 passes for 325 yards and three touchdowns. Pearson Hill added five receptions for 80 yards and a touchdown.
  • Garrett Bass-Sulpizio accounted for four touchdowns for Cornell, throwing for 277 yards and a score while rushing for three touchdowns.
 
DARTMOUTH 38, COLUMBIA 18
1:30 p.m. // New York, N.Y. // Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium
  • Dartmouth (3-3, 2-1 Ivy) rushed for 247 yards and five touchdowns in a 38-18 road win over Columbia (4-2, 1-2 Ivy). The Big Green finished with 419 yards of total offense and converted 10-of-17 third downs.
  • Grayson Saunier accounted for 268 yards of total offense and three touchdowns, rushing 11 times for 96 yards and three scores while completing 14-of-24 passes for 172 yards without an interception.
  • Myles Craddock rushed 23 times for 128 yards and a touchdown as Dartmouth averaged 5.4 yards per carry.
  • Saunier capped the win with a 68-yard touchdown run with 1:42 remaining. Dartmouth’s defense also intercepted three passes, with No’Koi Maddox, Thai Brown and Harrison Keith each recording a pick.
  • Columbia first year receiver Bryce Coleman continued his impressive rookie campaign with six catches for 76 yards and touchdown. He now has nine touchdown receptions on the season and at least one in each game.
 
NO. 15 HARVARD 35, PRINCETON 7
3 p.m. // Cambridge, Mass. // Tim Murphy Field at Harvard Stadium
  • No. 15 Harvard improved to 6-0 overall and 3-0 in Ivy play with a 35-7 win over Princeton (4-2, 2-1 Ivy). The Crimson held Princeton scoreless in the first half and limited the Tigers to 219 yards of total offense.
  • Charlie Smith completed 22-of-28 passes for 230 yards and two touchdowns without an interception. Harvard quarterbacks combined to complete 25-of-31 passes for 263 yards and three touchdowns.
  • DJ Gordon made an impact in his first action of the season, rushing nine times for 67 yards and adding a 12-yard reception.
  • Dorsey Benefield recorded eight tackles and returned a fumble 32 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter. Xaden Benson added six tackles, a sack, a forced fumble and two pass breakups.
  • Harvard scored the game’s first 21 points before Princeton got on the board late in the third quarter. The Crimson answered with 14 fourth-quarter points to pull away.