Mountain Hawks, Raiders and Bison capture Week Four victories
 
AT LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (3-1, 0-0 PL) 35, PRINCETON TIGERS (0-1, 0-0 IVY) 20
Goodman Stadium/Bethlehem, Pa.  Noon (ESPN+)
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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – First-year running back Jaden Green and sophomore running back Luke Yoder combined for 155 rushing yards and four touchdowns to lead Lehigh to a 35-20 victory over Princeton. It was the Mountain Hawks’ third straight win and first over an Ivy League opponent since 2016.
*Green rushed for a team-high 82 yards and two touchdowns on 18 carries, while Yoder added 73 yards and two scores on 12 rushes.
*The two backs paced the Mountain Hawks’ offense in the first half, with Yoder opening the game with a 20-yard touchdown run before Green put Lehigh back in front with an 11-yard score in the second quarter.
*Yoder added his second touchdown at the 5:40 mark in the second quarter to give Lehigh a 21-7 halftime advantage.
*After a third-quarter Princeton score, first-year quarterback Hayden Johnson connected on a 17-yard touchdown pass to junior wide receiver Geoffrey Jamiel. Johnson completed 12-of-13 passes for 165 yards, while Jamiel finished with four catches for 51 yards.
*The Tigers closed the gap to eight points by the 9:54 mark in the fourth quarter, but Green’s 34-yard touchdown run with 6:49 remaining put the game out of reach.
*Junior defensive lineman Matt Spatny led the Mountain Hawks’ defense with seven tackles and 2.5 sacks for a loss of 16 yards. Graduate student linebacker Mike DeNucci posted a team-high eight tackles with 1.5 TFLs and a half sack.
*Lehigh junior linebacker Brycen Edwards recorded four tackles, 2.0 TFLs, one sack and one of the Mountain Hawks’ three interceptions.
*Senior defensive back Andrew Worthy and sophomore defensive back Aidan Singleton each had one interception.
RECAP: LEHIGH
 
AT COLUMBIA LIONS (1-0, 0-0 IVY) 31, NO. 14/18 LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (2-2, 0-0 PL) 20
Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium/New York, N.Y.       12:30 p.m. (ESPN+/SNY/NBC Spots Phila.)
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NEW YORK – Junior quarterback Dean DeNobile threw for 272 yards and two touchdowns, but No. 14/18 Lafayette could not overcome an early deficit in a 31-20 loss at Columbia.
*DeNoble completed 23-of-35 passes for 272 yards, a pair of touchdown passes and one interception in the loss. Senior wide receiver Chris Carasia finished with 114 yards on four receptions and a 31-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter.
*Freshman receiver Mason Kuehner added 72 yards on four catches, including a 69-yard touchdown catch in the fourth quarter. Sophomore receiver Carson Persing finished with a career-high 10 receptions for 58 yards.
*Leopards’ junior running back Jamar Curtis rushed for 102 yards on 25 carries and caught two passes for 10 yards.
*Senior safety Saiku White and senior linebacker Preston Forney led the Leopards’ defense with eight tackles apiece. Forney added one sack.
*Lafayette senior linebacker Tim O’Hearn posted four tackles, 1.5 TFLs, one sack and a forced fumble, while senior linebacker Reggie Thomas had an interception.
RECAP: LAFAYETTE
 
AT COLGATE RAIDERS (1-3, 0-0 PL) 41, CORNELL BIG RED (0-1, 0-0 IVY) 24
Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium/Hamilton, N.Y.     1 p.m. (ESPN+)
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HAMILTON, N.Y. – The Raiders’ offense rushed for a season-high 270 yards and four touchdowns as Colgate downed in-state rival Cornell, 41-24, at Andy Kerr Stadium on Saturday to even the series record at 51 wins apiece.
*Senior quarterback Michael Brescia rushed for 77 yards and two touchdowns on 11 carries, while junior running back Marco Maldonado added 73 yards and one touchdown on 10 carries. Sophomore wide receiver Winston Moore also had a 10-yard touchdown run.
*Sophomore running back Chris Gee rushed for a team-high 79 yards on 15 carries for the balanced Raiders’ ground attack.
*Sophomore quarterback Jake Stearney completed 17-of-27 passes for 184 yards and a 27-yard touchdown pass to junior receiver Brady Hutchison, Colgate’s first touchdown of the game with 1:48 remaining in the first quarter.
*Cornell led 17-10 early in the second quarter before Brescia rushed for a pair of scores, the first being a 44-yard run for the Raiders’ longest touchdown of the 2024 season.
*Colgate scored 24 straight points between the second and third quarters to turn a seven-point deficit into a 34-17 lead, capped by Moore’s touchdown run.
*After a Big Red touchdown late in the fourth, Colgate closed the door with a six-play, 40-yard drive that resulted in a six-yard touchdown for Maldonado.
*Colgate placekicker Luke Vogeler connected on both field-goal attempts and all five PATs.
*Fifth-year linebacker Christian Sweeney recorded 10 tackles, while senior linebacker Brody Hock finished with eight tackles and 1.0 TFL.
RECAP: COLGATE
 
AT DARTMOUTH BIG GREEN (1-0, 0-0 IVY) 45, FORDHAM RAMS (0-4, 0-0 PL) 13
Memorial Field/Hanover, N.H.         1 p.m. (ESPN+)
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HANOVER, N.H. – Fordham could not keep pace with Dartmouth, slipping to 0-4 with a 45-13 loss to the Big Green at Memorial Field on Saturday.
*Rams’ junior quarterback Jack Capaldi completed 23-of-43 passes for 187 yards, one interception and a touchdown in his first collegiate start.
*Graduate student wide receiver Cole Thornton caught a 20-yard touchdown pass from Capaldi in the fourth quarter, finishing with 30 yards on five receptions. Graduate student receiver Mekai Felton finished with a team-high 53 receiving yards on three receptions.
*Junior running back Ricky Parks rushed for a team-high 63 yards on seven carries, while classmate Jack Kaiser rushed for a touchdown in the third quarter.
*Graduate student linebacker Jackson Barletta and junior defensive lineman Sam Buerkle registered nine tackles. Buerkle also had 1.5 TFLs and one sack for the Rams’ defense.
*Fordham graduate student defensive back Nahil Perkins recorded his third interception of the season and seventh of his career.
*The Rams were without a trio of All-League performers in senior quarterback C.J. Montes, senior running back Julius Loughridge and graduate student wide receiver Garrett Cody.  
RECAP: FORDHAM
 
BROWN BEARS (1-0, 0-0 IVY) 26, AT GEORGETOWN HOYAS (2-2, 0-0 PL) 14
Cooper Field/Washington, D.C.       1 p.m. (ESPN+)
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WASHINGTON – Hoyas’ junior quarterback Danny Lauter threw for 343 yards and a touchdown, but Georgetown fell to Brown, 26-14, to spoil Homecoming Weekend on the Hilltop.
*Lauter completed 27-of-47 pass attempts for 343 yards, two interceptions and a 77-yard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Cam Pygatt in the second quarter. Pygatt finished with a team-high 116 yards on six catches.  
*Senior running back Naieem Kearney rushed for 52 yards on 11 carries and put the Hoyas on the scoreboard with a one-yard run in the first quarter.
*Junior wide receiver Jimmy Kibble added 98 yards on six receptions, while junior receiver Nicholas Dunneman caught six passes for 61 yards.
*Sophomore linebacker GianCarlo Rufo and graduate student linebacker David Ealey III posted eight tackles apiece. Rufo added 1.5 sacks, and Ealey added one sack.
*Sophomore defensive lineman Cooper Blomstrom posted five tackles, 2.0 TFLs and one sack, while freshman defensive lineman Isaac Saffold registered five tackles and 1.5 sacks.
*Sophomore cornerback Quincy Briggs made his first collegiate interception.
RECAP: GEORGETOWN
 
YALE BULLDOGS (1-0, 0-0 IVY) 38, AT HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (1-3, 0-0 PL) 31
Fitton Field/Worcester, Mass.          2 p.m. (ESPN+/Spectrum 1)
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WORCESTER, Mass. – Crusaders’ sophomore running back Jayden Clerveaux rushed for three touchdowns, but Holy Cross fell short in a 38-31 loss during its Family Weekend matchup with Yale.
*Clerveaux finished with 49 rushing yards on 17 carries, including two fourth-quarter touchdowns in a game that saw the Crusaders and Bulldogs trade scores from start to finish.
*Senior quarterback Joe Pesansky completed 12-of-26 passes for 279 yards and a 74-yard touchdown pass to sophomore receiver Maxwell Warren to put Holy Cross on the board at the 8:51 mark of the first quarter.
*Junior receiver Max Mosey finished with a career-high 129 yards on five receptions for the Crusaders.
*Sophomore placekicker Daniel Porto connected on a 45-yard field goal as time expired in the first half to tie the score at 17.
*Clerveaux tied the score twice in the second half, first with a six-yard touchdown run at the 14:29 mark in the fourth quarter to make the score 24-24. Then again, at the 3:35 mark on a one-yard plunge to tie the score at 31.
*The Bulldogs sealed the game with a three-yard touchdown run with 12 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter.
*Holy Cross senior linebacker Frankie Monte posted a career-high 17 tackles. Sophomore linebacker Cam Santee added a career-best seven tackles and 1.5 TFLs.
RECAP: HOLY CROSS
 
AT BUCKNELL BISON (2-2, 0-0 PL) 34, MARIST RED FOXES (0-3, 0-0 PIONEER) 18
Lewisburg, Pa./Christy Mathewson - Memorial Stadium            6 p.m. (ESPN+)
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LEWISBURG, Pa. – Senior quarterback Ralph Rucker IV completed 21-of-27 passes for 272 yards and three touchdown passes to lead Bucknell to a 34-18 victory over Marist on Saturday night at Christy Mathewson – Memorial Stadium.
*Rucker opened the game with a 36-yard touchdown pass to junior wide receiver Eric Weatherly before finding junior tight end Charlie Kreinbucher on a two-yard pass to make the score 13-7 early in the second quarter.
*Weatherly finished with a team-high 74 yards on five receptions.
*Sophomore receiver TJ Cadden recorded his second punt return for a touchdown of the season with a 73-yard score at the 10:33 mark in the second quarter.
*Senior safety Alex Smith Jr. extended the Bison lead to 27-7 with a 38-yard interception return for a touchdown less than two minutes later in the second quarter.
*Cadden scored his second touchdown on the day, this time on a 12-yard reception from Rucker with 5:51 left in the game for Bucknell’s final scoring play in a 34-18 win. Cadden finished with 30 yards on three catches.
*Freshman running back Michael Cadden rushed for 71 yards on five carries.
*Bucknell senior linebacker Gavin Willis registered a team-high nine tackles, while freshman linebacker Brandon Biagiarelli finished with seven tackles and two sacks.
*Sophomore linebacker Nick Hoying posted seven tackles, 3.0 TFLs for 21 yards and one sack. Junior cornerback Aaron Davis added seven tackles and one interception.
RECAP: BUCKNELL
 
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