Lehigh and Lafayette improve to 6-0 in League play, Hoyas record shutout, Crusaders earn road win and Conway breaks NCAA DI career tackles record
 
HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (2-9, 2-4 PL) 37, AT BUCKNELL BISON (5-6, 2-4 PL) 20
Christy Mathewson - Memorial Stadium/Lewisburg, Pa.  Noon (ESPN+)
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LEWISBURG, Pa. – Junior running back Jayden Clerveaux and senior running back Nyeoti Punni combined for 273 rushing yards and three touchdowns to lead Holy Cross to a 37-20 victory at Bucknell.
*Punni rushed for a 15-yard touchdown in the third quarter and a 53-yard score in the fourth, helping the Crusaders outscore the Bison, 30-14, in the second half. Punni finished with 131 yards on 15 carries.
*Clerveaux scored on a five-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter to seal the game, finishing with a game-high 142 yards on 21 carries.
*Senior wide receiver Max Mosey scored the Crusaders’ first touchdown at the 4:28 mark in the first quarter, running a direct snap seven yards for a score. He also caught three passes for 65 yards.
*Crusaders’ junior linebacker Cam Santee posted a team-high 10 tackles and two sacks for a loss of 19 yards, and junior linebacker Carlo Crocetti posted six tackles and three sacks for a loss of 26 yards.
*Bucknell fifth-year quarterback Ralph Rucker IV returned from a four-game injury absence and completed 6-of-7 passes for 58 yards and a touchdown pass, becoming the Bison’s career leader in pass completions. He would leave the game in the second quarter due to injury.
*Freshman quarterback Nicholas Penuvchev replaced Rucker, completing 13-of-22 passes for 237 yards, two touchdowns and an interception.
*Junior wide receiver Sam Milligan caught five passes for 154 yards, including touchdown receptions of 25 and 55 yards. His 10 touchdown receptions lead the Patriot League.
*Junior linebacker Nick Hoying led Bucknell’s defense with 12 tackles, 2.0 TFLs and one sack.
RECAPS: Holy Cross | Bucknell
 
AT GEORGETOWN HOYAS (6-5, 3-3 PL) 14, FORDHAM RAMS (1-10, 1-6 PL) 0
Cooper Field/Washington, D.C.  1 p.m. (ESPN+)
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WASHINGTON – Senior quarterback Dez Thomas II threw a pair of first-half touchdown passes and the Hoyas’ defense held Fordham scoreless in a 14-0 win on Senior Day at Cooper Field.
*Thomas completed 18-of-28 passes for 136 yards, connecting on an 11-yard touchdown pass to sophomore receiver Hassan Mahasin in the first quarter and a 10-yard score to senior tight end Conor O’Neil in the second quarter.
*Junior defensive lineman Cooper Blomstrom posted six tackles and a League season-high 4.5 sacks for a Hoyas’ defense that limited the Rams to 26 rushing yards.  
*Senior linebacker Naiteitei Mose posted a team-high 11 tackles and one sack, and junior cornerback Quincy Briggs registered his League-leading fifth interception of the season in GU’s first shutout win since Oct. 12, 2024.
*Georgetown’s offense produced 154 yards on the ground, led by 70 rushing yards on 16 carries from sophomore running back Savion Hart.  
*Fordham graduate student linebacker James Conway became the NCAA DI career tackles leader, finishing with nine tackles to pass Troy’s Carlton Martial, who compiled 577 tackles from 2018-2022. Conway has 585 career tackles with one week left this season.
*Junior quarterback Gunnar Smith completed 23-of-37 passes for 207 yards and one interception, while junior receiver Nodin Tracy and senior receiver Jack Betten both finished with 65 receiving yards.
*Sophomore defensive back Drew Minich posted a team-high 11 tackles and 1.0 TFL, and senior defensive lineman Peter Chalhoub added six tackles and 2.0 TFLs.  
RECAPS: Fordham | Georgetown
 
NO. 4/4 LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (11-0, 6-0 PL) 27, AT COLGATE RAIDERS (4-7, 2-4 PL) 7
Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium/Hamilton, N.Y.              1 p.m. (ESPN+)
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HAMILTON, N.Y. – Sophomore quarterback Hayden Johnson completed 17-of-25 passes for 259 yards and a touchdown pass to lead No. 4/4 Lehigh to a 27-7 victory over Colgate to help the Mountain Hawks improve to 11-0 for the first time since 2001.
*Senior wide receiver Geoffrey Jamiel caught nine passes for 138 yards, including a 64-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter to put Lehigh in front 20-0.
*Sophomore running back Jaden Green rushed for a team-high 54 yards on nine carries, scoring on a 28-yard run in the fourth quarter. Sophomore running back Aaron Crossley opened the game with a two-yard touchdown run.
*Senior linebacker Brycen Edwards finished with a team-high seven tackles, while senior linebacker Tyler Ochojski added four tackles and his League-leading 10th sack of the season for a Mountain Hawks’ defense that held its fifth straight opponent to one score or less.
*Colgate first-year receiver Matt Fogler caught a 28-yard touchdown pass with six seconds left in the first half for his fifth touchdown reception in the last three games. He finished with 83 yards on three catches.
*Junior quarterback Jake Stearney completed 15-of-28 passes for 151 yards, one touchdown and one interception.
*Raiders’ junior linebacker Trooper Price posted nine tackles, while linebackers Christian Magliacano and Elijah Hamilton had nine and eight tackles, respectively, and a half sack.
RECAPS: Lehigh | Colgate
 
NO. 25/rv LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (8-3, 6-0 PL) 35, AT RICHMOND SPIDERS (6-5, 3-4 PL) 28
E. Claiborne Robins Stadium/Richmond, Va.         2 p.m. (ESPN+)
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RICHMOND, Va. – Lafayette’s defense stopped Richmond on four straight plays inside the red zone to preserve a 35-28 victory and improve to 6-0 in Patriot League play for the first time in program history.
*Junior running back Kente Edwards had touchdown runs of 61 and 70 yards in the second half to help Lafayette hold off the Spiders. He finished with a career-high 265 rushing yards on 26 carries for his third 200-yard rushing performance of the season and second in as many weeks.
*Edwards’ 17 rushing touchdowns broke Lafayette’s single-season program record of 16, previously held by Tom Costello, Jamar Curtis and Joe McCourt.
*Senior quarterback Dean DeNobile threw three touchdown passes, opening the scoring with a 17-yard strike to junior receiver Carson Persing. DeNobile completed 14-of-21 passes for 165 yards, and Persing caught six passes for 93 yards.
*Freshman receiver Nick Bierman caught two of DeNobile’s touchdown passes, with a 26-yard catch in the second quarter and a 21-yard reception in the second and third quarters. He added 52 receiving yards on three receptions.
*Sophomore defensive back Ryan Gadson finished with a team-high nine tackles and five pass breakups, and junior linebacker Robert Stevens added seven tackles, 1.0 TFL, one pass breakup and a forced fumble.
*Junior running back Aziz Foster-Powell and sophomore receiver Andreas Hill scored fourth-quarter touchdowns to bring the Spiders within seven points. Foster-Powell rushed for 70 yards on 12 carries, and Hill had 30 yards on four catches.
*Senior quarterback Kyle Wickersham completed 20-of-35 passes for 234 yards, two touchdowns, one interception and a rushing touchdown.  
*Senior receiver Ja’Vion Griffin caught 10 passes for 113 yards and a 32-yard touchdown reception from Wickersham in the third quarter. Sophomore receiver Isaiah Dawson also topped the 100-yard mark with 103 yards on seven catches.
*Senior linebacker Carter Glassmyer posted a game-high 10 tackles, while senior defensive lineman Donovan Hoilette added five tackles, 1.5 TFLs and one sack for the Spiders’ defense.
RECAPS: LAFAYETTE | RICHMOND
 
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