Football

Patriot League Football Saturday Recap (Week Seven) presented by TIAA (10.14.23)

Hoyas hold off Lehigh; Bucknell, Colgate and Fordham earn non-League wins

GEORGETOWN HOYAS (4-3, 2-0 PL) 17, AT LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (1-6, 0-2 PL) 7
Goodman Stadium/Bethlehem, Pa. Noon (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Graduate student running back Joshua Stakely rushed for a four-yard touchdown with less than four minutes remaining in the game to seal Georgetown’s 17-7 victory over Lehigh at Goodman Stadium.
*Graduate student quarterback Tyler Knoop completed a 26-yard pass to junior wide receiver Brock Biestek on a fourth down to set up the Hoyas’ score that clinched the program’s first win at Goodman Stadium.
*Knoop completed 26-of-32 passes for 332 yards and a 37-yard touchdown pass to sophomore wide receiver Jimmy Kibble in the first quarter.
*Georgetown sophomore receiver Nicholas Dunneman made a game-high 10 receptions for 109 yards.
*Freshman defensive back Zeraun Daniel and junior defensive back Kolubah Pewee Jr. both recorded interceptions while junior defensive back Rashon Adams Jr. had five tackles to lead GU’s defense.
*Lehigh sophomore quarterback Brayten Silbor finished with 205 yards passing, one touchdown and two interceptions on 11-of-34 passing, with first-year receiver Mason Humphrey catching three passes for a team-high 70 yards.
*First-year running back Luke Yoder finished with 81 rushing yards on 15 carries and caught one pass for eight yards.
*Mountain Hawks’ sophomore safety Nick Peltekian finished with a game-high 13 tackles and 3.0 tackles for loss (TFLs).
*Senior linebacker Mike DeNucci and sophomore linebacker Brycen Edwards recorded seven tackles apiece, while DeNucci added a half TFL for Lehigh.
RECAPS: GEORGETOWN | LEHIGH
 
BUCKNELL BISON (2-4, 0-2 PL) 21, AT CORNELL BIG RED (2-3, Ivy) 13
Schoellkopf Field/Ithaca, N.Y.          1 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
ITHACA, N.Y. – Junior running back Rushawn Baker and senior wide receiver Damian Harris scored second-half touchdowns to lead Bucknell to a 21-13 victory at Cornell.
*Senior running back Coleman Bennett recorded his second consecutive 100-yard rushing game, carrying 29 times for a career-high 157 yards to lead the Bison offense. Bennett’s 157 rushing yards are the most by a Bison since 2017.
*Junior quarterback Ralph Rucker put Bucknell on the scoreboard at the 10:58 mark in the second quarter, plunging in from one yard out to give the Bison a 7-3 lead.
*The Big Red scored the next 10 points, but Bucknell answered late in the second quarter, as Baker capped an 11-play, 73-yard scoring drive with a one-yard touchdown run to put the Bison back in front 14-13.
*Bison senior quarterback Nick Semptimphelter led a long fourth-quarter scoring drive, completing a six-yard touchdown pass to Harris to give Bucknell a 21-13 lead.
*Senior defensive lineman Tyler Alston registered eight tackles, 1.5 TFLs and a half sack, while classmate Connor Carretta added five tackles, 1.5 TFLs and a half sack.
*Junior defensive lineman Cade Rooney recorded his first collegiate interception and made two tackles.
RECAP: BUCKNELL
 
AT COLGATE RAIDERS (2-4, 0-1 PL) 27, DARTMOUTH BIG GREEN (2-2, Ivy) 24 OT
Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium/Hamilton, N.Y.     1 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
HAMILTON, N.Y. – Colgate senior placekicker Jacob Jaworski connected on a 20-yard field goal in overtime before fifth-year defensive lineman Zack Pelland blocked a Dartmouth field-goal attempt to secure the Raiders’ 27-24 victory over the Big Green.
*Jaworski was 2-for-2 on field-goal tries and 3-for-3 on PATs to help Colgate to its second-consecutive victory over an Ivy League opponent.  
*Sophomore quarterback Zach Osborne completed 27-of-38 passes for 264 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. He also rushed for 31 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries to lead Colgate’s offense.
*Sophomore wide receiver Treyvhon Saunders caught eight passes for 118 yards, while sophomore receiver Brady Hutchison had five catches for 48 yards and a 23-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter.
*Senior running back Max Hurleman caught a 19-yard touchdown pass from Osborne in the third quarter to give the Raiders a 24-10 lead.
*Colgate senior defensive back Owen Goss posted a team-high 11 tackles and 1.0 TFL, while sophomore linebacker Cole Kozlowski and senior linebacker Drew Frankel had seven tackles apiece.
RECAP: COLGATE
 
rv/rv FORDHAM RAMS (5-2, 1-1 PL) 26, AT STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES (0-6, CAA) 7
Kenneth P. LaValle Athletic Stadium/Stony Brook, N.Y.              3:30 p.m. (FloSports)
BOX SCORE
STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Junior running back Julius Loughridge rushed for 154 yards and two second-half touchdowns to lead Fordham to a 26-7 victory over Stony Brook.
*Loughridge put the Rams in front, 12-7, with a 6-yard touchdown run as time expired in the third quarter and added a two-yard touchdown run at the 9:53 mark in the fourth to help Fordham pull away.
*Junior defensive lineman Matt Jaworski forced a fumble that sophomore defensive lineman Sam Buerkle recovered less than two minutes later in the fourth quarter.
*Freshman running back Jamell James scored a 19-yard rushing touchdown on the Rams’ next play from scrimmage to take a 26-7 lead. 
*Jaworski finished with three tackles, 2.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and a pass breakup. Junior linebacker James Conway registered a team-high 12 tackles and 1.5 TFLs.
*Senior defensive back Nahil Perkins added six tackles, one forced fumble and an interception.
*Senior placekicker Brandon Peskin connected on a pair of first-quarter field goals to put the Rams in front 6-0. He was also 2-for-2 on PATs.
RECAP: FORDHAM
 
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