Brown’s Newhall breaks Ivy record with 46 pass completions

After being shut out by Columbia last weekend, Princeton (1-3, 0-1 Ivy) took another loss to Colgate (6-0, 1-0 Patriot) 21-14 in a double-overtime victory played on national television. Princeton quarterback Tommy Wornham completed 19 of 34 passes for 215 yards and two touchdowns. Senior Brad Stetler recorded nine tackles while defensive back Matt Wakulchik, starting for the first time in his career, made eight tackles. Princeton will play Brown on the Oct.18 to begin a six-game race for the Ivy League championship.

Brown (2-2, 0-1 Ivy) had a nonconference game against Holy Cross (4-1, 1-0 Patriot) on Oct. 10. With four seconds remaining, junior Patrick Rooney kicked a 34-yard field goal that lead to a 34-31 victory for the Bears. Brown junior quarterback Kyle Newhall set an Ivy League record with 46 pass completions against the Crusaders and was named the Ivy League’s Offensive Player of the Week.

Newhall also threw two touchdown passes (22 and 10 yards) and ran for another on a seven-yard run. Newhall’s 445 yards of total offense rank ninth in the Brown record book and 21st in Ivy football history. Holy Cross senior quarterback and All-American Dominic Randolph threw for 411 yards, completing 38 of 53 passes and four touchdowns.

Brown’s defense was led by freshman AJ Cruz, who recorded a team-high 12 tackles and broke up two passes. Brown will play Princeton on Saturday, Oct. 17, on the Versus Network.

Dartmouth (0-4, 0-2 Ivy) lost its 16th consecutive game this past weekend while Yale (2-2, 1-1 Ivy) had its highest point total in more than a year. Yale won 38-7 with junior quarterback Brook Hart passing for the sixth-highest total in Yale history (390 yards), including three touchdowns.

Dartmouth’s senior quarterback Alex Jenny was unable to play due to a dislocated elbow and was replaced by sophomore Conner Kempe. However, the Big Green’s running game continued to struggle and was limited to 59 yards, 48 from sophomore Nick Schwieger on 18 carries. The Dartmouth defense was led by senior free safety Peter Pidermann with 11 tackles while junior Charles Bay had the Big Green’s only sack. Yale will play Lehigh, and Dartmouth will play Holy Cross this coming Saturday.

Both Harvard (3-1, 2-0 Ivy) and Cornell (2-2, 1-1 Ivy) entered their matchup Saturday undefeated in conference play. Harvard won the game 28-10 on Saturday at Cornell’s home field. Harvard senior running back Gino Gordo was a force on offense with 137 yards on 22 carries while freshman running back Treavor Scales scored two touchdowns and was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week.

Cornell Senior running back Randy Barbour needs only 33 more yards on the ground to become the 28th 1,000-yard rusher in Big Red history.
Harvard is presently undefeated in league play, and the win against Cornell marked head coach Tim Murphy’s 100th coaching victory at Harvard. Cornell will go up against Fordham next while Harvard will play Lafayette.

Columbia (2-2, 1-0 Ivy) suffered a heartbreaking 24-21 loss against Lafayette (4-1, 1-0 Patriot), despite leading 21-10 at the half. A two-yard rush by Lafayette’s Maurice White with 13 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter gave Lafayette the victory.

Light Blue wide receiver Austin Knowlin had five catches, setting a new Columbia record for career receptions with 180. The previous record was set by Don Lewis, CC ’84, at 176.

Penn (2-2, 1-0 Ivy) won 21-3 this weekend in a nonconference game against Bucknell (3-3, 1-0 Patriot). Penn gained 264 yards on the day and held Bucknell to 196. Quaker quarterback John Hurley ended the game with 14 completions on 27 attempts for 148 yards. Quakers David Wurst and Matt Tuten had three catches each. Jake Lewko led the defense with 11 tackles, and the Quakers came up with three sacks overall.

Penn will head to New York on Saturday to take on Columbia in the Lions’ homecoming game.