Mountain Hawks cruise to victory; Bison and Rams score game-winning touchdowns late
 
LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (5-3, 2-1 PL) 43, AT GEORGETOWN HOYAS (5-4, 2-2 PL) 6
Cooper Field/Washington, D.C.       12:30 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
WASHINGTON – First-year running back Jaden Green and quarterback Hayden Johnson combined for 171 rushing yards and three touchdowns to carry Lehigh to a 43-6 victory at Georgetown.
*The Mountain Hawks rushed for a season-high 310 yards and four touchdowns on 41 carries, averaging 7.6 yards per carry to improve to 2-1 in League play.
*Johnson rushed for the first of three second-quarter Lehigh touchdowns before Green had scoring runs of 24 and 57 yards on consecutive drives before a 29-yard field goal from junior placekicker Nick Garrido to take a 24-0 lead by halftime.
*The Mountain Hawks’ defense accounted for a pair of scoring plays in the third quarter, with senior defensive back Jordan Adderley returning an interception for a touchdown before a Lehigh safety.
*Graduate student linebacker Mike DeNucci finished with eight tackles, 2.0 TFLs and one sack, while junior safety Nick Peltekian finished with three tackles and an interception.
*Georgetown junior quarterback Danny Lauter completed 22-of-37 passes for 189 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions.
*Sophomore running back Bryce Cox rushed for a team-high 77 yards on 11 carries, while junior wide receiver Jimmy Kibble caught five passes for 47 yards.
*Junior tight end Max McCormick caught a five-yard touchdown pass from Lauter in the fourth quarter.
*Sophomore linebacker GianCarlo Rufo posted a game-high 16 tackles and a forced fumble.
*Sophomore safety Zeraun Daniel finished with three tackles, 1.0 TFL and an interception.
RECAPS: LEHIGH | GEORGETOWN
 
AT BUCKNELL BISON (4-5, 2-1 PL) 21, LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (4-5, 1-3 PL) 14
Christy Mathewson - Memorial Stadium/Lewisburg, Pa.            1 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Senior quarterback Ralph Rucker IV accounted for all three of Bucknell’s touchdowns, including two in the fourth quarter, to lead Bucknell to a 21-14 comeback victory over Lafayette.
*Rucker gave the Bison an early lead with a 19-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. He tied the score with a one-yard plunge early in the fourth quarter before completing a nine-yard touchdown pass to junior wide receiver Eric Weatherly with 5:38 remaining in the game to put the Bison in front for good.
*He completed 18-of-30 passes for 210 yards, one touchdown and one interception, in addition to rushing for 32 yards and two touchdowns on eight carries.
*Freshman running back Tariq Thomas rushed for a career-high 141 yards on 29 carries, and junior wide receiver Josh Gary caught six passes for 71 yards.
*Senior safety Alex Smith Jr. and sophomore linebacker Gavin Willis led the Bison with 13 tackles apiece. Smith added a sack, while Willis had 2.0 TFLs and a fumble recovery.
*Bison sophomore linebacker Nick Hoying added 12 tackles and a sack, with senior safety John Schlendorf posting nine tackles, 2.0 TFLs and two pass breakups.
*Lafayette junior quarterback Dean DeNobile completed 24-of-38 passes for 177 yards and two touchdown passes to lead the Leopards’ offense.
*Senior wide receiver Chris Carasia caught a 38-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter, and sophomore tight end Ethan Hosak added an eight-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter.
*Leopards’ junior running back Jamar Curtis rushed for 109 yards on 23 carries for his fourth straight 100-yard game, his sixth of the season.
*Senior safety Saiku White posted a game-high 15 tackles and an interception to lead Lafayette’s defense.
*Junior defensive lineman Tyree Morris chipped in eight tackles, 1.5 TFLs and one sack.
RECAPS: LAFAYETTE | BUCKNELL
 
AT FORDHAM RAMS (1-8, 1-3 PL) 20, COLGATE RAIDERS (2-7, 1-2 PL) 14
Moglia Stadium at Jack Coffey Field/Bronx, N.Y.         1 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BRONX, N.Y. – Junior quarterback Jack Capaldi threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to graduate student wide receiver Mekai Felton with 5:23 left in the fourth quarter to give Fordham its first lead on the way to a 20-14 victory over Colgate.
*Capaldi completed 12-of-17 passes for 117 yards, one touchdown and an interception, while Felton caught two passes for 22 yards and a score.
*Senior running back Julius Loughridge rushed for a season-high 153 yards, including a 13-yard touchdown in the third quarter, on 25 carries.
*Graduate student defensive back Nahil Perkins intercepted two passes and recorded six tackles to lead the Rams’ defense. Perkins leads the League with five interceptions this season.
*Senior defensive lineman Matt Jaworski finished with four tackles, 2.0 TFLs and one sack, while graduate student linebacker Jackson Barletta posted a team-high 11 tackles.
*Rams’ senior linebacker James Conway recorded eight tackles and is now eight tackles away from breaking the Patriot League career tackles record.
*Colgate sophomore quarterback Jake Stearney completed 20-of-34 passes for 185 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. He also rushed for 27 yards and another touchdown on four carries.
*Junior wide receiver Treyvhon Saunders caught six passes for 68 yards, while sophomore wide receiver Reed Swanson added 59 yards and an eight-yard touchdown reception on three receptions.
*Junior linebacker Cole Kozlowski posted a game-high 13 tackles to go with two sacks and an interception to lead the Raiders’ defense.
*Fifth-year linebacker Christian Sweeney added 11 tackles and senior defensive lineman Andrew Taddeo posted seven tackles and 2.5 sacks.
*The Colgate defense recorded eight sacks for a loss of 50 yards.
 RECAPS: COLGATE | FORDHAM
 
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