Sunday, November 22, 2015

Saturday Wrap

A look at Saturday's games  . . .

Harvard 38, Yale 19
Ho hum. Scott Hosch throws for 320 yards and four touchdowns and leads both teams in rushing with 60 yards as Harvard (6-1 Ivy League, 9-1 overall) beats Yale. Again. As Harvard wins a share of the Ivy League championship. Again. Morgan Roberts passes for 410 yards and two touchdowns for Yale but it takes him 65 passes to do it. Harvard now has beaten the Bulldogs nine times in a row. A crowd of 52,126 looks on.

Penn 34, Cornell 21
It takes the Quakers (6-1, 7-3) just 4 minutes, 39 seconds to go ahead, 13-0. By the end of the first quarter they have a 20-0 lead. After Cornell (1-6, 1-9) gets on the board Penn racks up the next two touchdowns to take a 34-7 lead midway through the third quarter, to the delight of most in the crowd of 6,007. Cornell has an advantage in first downs, 21-18, and total yards, 445-367, but Alek Torgersen is an efficient 15-of-22 for 195 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 42 yards and another TD as Penn clinches a share of its 17th crown, tying Harvard but remaining one behind Dartmouth.

Holy Cross 45, Georgetown 7
The Crusaders (3-3 Patriot League, 6-5) jump out to a 31-0 halftime lead over the Hoyas (2-4 Patrio League, 4-7) and are never challenged with a crowd of 5,785 in Worcester.

Sacred Heart 45, Wagner 17
A crowd of 1,725 looks on as Sacred Heart (3-3 Northeast, 6-5 overall) breaks a 17-all tie with 21 third-quarter points against the Seahawks (1-5 NEC, 1-10).