Football

Patriot League Football Saturday Recap presented by TIAA (10.15.22)

NO. 17/22 FORDHAM RAMS (6-1, 2-0 PL) 45, STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES (0-5, CAA) 14
Jack Coffey Field/Bronx, N.Y.           6 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BRONX, N.Y. – Senior quarterback Tim DeMorat three touchdown passes and sophomore running back Julius Loughridge rushed for two as Fordham defeated Stony Brook, 45-14, to conclude its non-League schedule.
*DeMorat completed 27-of-39 passes for 371 yards and three touchdowns, while senior wide receiver Dequece Carter had eight catches for 140 yards and a score. Senior wide receiver MJ Wright added 62 yards and two touchdown receptions on three catches.
*Loughridge rushed for 111 yards and the game’s first two touchdowns, including a 42-yard run midway through the second quarter.
*The Rams scored the game’s first 38 points, holding the Seawolves scoreless until the 10:36 mark in the fourth quarter.
*Sophomore linebacker James Conway recorded a game-high 15 tackles, 2.5 TFLs, one sack and one pass breakup. Graduate student linebacker Ryan Greenhagen added eight tackles, and junior defensive back Brandon Spencer recorded his first collegiate interception.
RECAP: FORDHAM
 
AT CORNELL BIG RED (3-2, Ivy) 19, LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (1-6, 1-1 PL) 15
Schoellkopf Field/Ithaca, N.Y.           1 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
ITHACA, N.Y. – Lehigh sophomore running back Gaige Garcia rushed for a career-high 162 yards and a touchdown, but the Mountain Hawks fell short against Cornell in a 19-15 loss at Schoellkopf Field.
*Trailing by four points with four minutes remaining in the game, the Mountain Hawks’ drove 57 yards on 11 plays but stalled at Cornell’s 18-yard line to seal their fate.
*Senior placekicker Dylan Van Dusen connected on 3-of-5 field-goal attempts, all in the first half, to keep Lehigh within one point before Garcia’s 13-yard touchdown run gave the Mountain Hawks a 15-10 lead at halftime.
*The Big Red returned an interception for a touchdown in the third quarter and added a field goal in the fourth quarter.
*Lehigh junior linebacker Mike DeNucci led the Mountain Hawks with eight tackles and 2.0 TFLs. Senior safety TyGee Leach added seven tackles, 2.0 TFLs, one sack and one pass breakup.
RECAP: LEHIGH
 
AT YALE BULLDOGS (4-1, Ivy) 29, BUCKNELL BISON (0-6, 0-2 PL) 9
Yale Bowl/New Haven, Conn.           Noon (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Bucknell’s defense recorded five takeaways, including four interceptions, but the Bison fell to Yale, 29-9, at the Yale Bowl on Saturday afternoon.
*Senior safeties Brent Jackson and Jonathan Searcy, sophomore cornerback Alex Smith Jr. and senior cornerback Gavin Pringle each picked off a pass for the Bison defense, but they could not capitalize on the takeaways.
*Sophomore running back Rushawn Baker led Bucknell's offense with a career-high 113 yards and a touchdown on 20 attempts. His 15-yard touchdown run in the third quarter brought Bucknell within five points at 14-9.
*Trailing by five, Bucknell got the ball back with 56 seconds remaining in the third quarter on Searcy's interception. But the Bulldogs recorded a safety two plays later before scoring two touchdowns in the fourth quarter to seal a 29-9 victory.
*Bucknell Sophomore quarterback Ethan Grady completed 13-of-26 passes for 102 yards, and junior running back Danny Meuser added 50 yards on seven carries.
*Jackson recorded a game-high 12 tackles, while sophomore defensive lineman Will Ohler finished with 1.5 sacks. Sophomore safety John Schlendorf added seven tackles and one sack.
RECAP: BUCKNELL
 
AT ARMY WEST POINT BLACK KNIGHTS (2-4, DI FBS Ind.) 42, COLGATE RAIDERS (1-5, 0-1 PL) 17
Michie Stadium/West Point, N.Y.      Noon (CBS Sports Network)
BOX SCORE
WEST POINT, N.Y. – Colgate sophomore quarterback Michael Brescia passed for one touchdown and rushed for another, but the Raiders fell to Army West Point, 42-17, to close their non-League slate at Michie Stadium on Saturday.
*Brescia completed 16-of-25 passes for 129 yards, one interception and a 19-yard touchdown pass to freshman wide receiver Treyvohn Saunders.
*He also rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries to help the Raiders total 193 yards on the ground. Junior running back Max Hurleman added 73 yards on nine carries.
*Raiders’ senior wide receiver Garrett Oakey caught three passes for 50 yards, while Saunders had five catches for 45 yards and his first collegiate touchdown.
*Sophomore placekicker Spencer Biscoe’s 49-yard field goal to open the scoring in the first quarter was the longest of his career. He also went 2-for-2 on PAT attempts.
*Senior linebacker Tyler Flick posted a team-high 12 tackles, while junior defensive back Sage Luther added seven tackles.
RECAP: COLGATE
 
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