HAMILTON – After an intense back-and-forth game, Colgate falls 34-31 to Cornell.
After being tied four times throughout the game, Cornell broke the tie to win the game by a field goal.
Both teams punted their first possessions away, and both scored touchdowns by their quarterbacks on their second possessions.
Cornell punted the ball out of bounds at their own 39 for Colgate's second possession. The Raiders capitalized with a 28-yard rushing touchdown scored by
Michael Brescia.
Cornell retailed by tying up the game with a 4-yard rushing touchdown scored by their quarterback.
The Big Red opened up the second quarter with a 62-yard passing touchdown to take their first lead of the game.
Mikey Jarmolowich got his first interception of the season, which
Spencer Biscoe capitalized off by nailing a 42-yard field goal to get three more points on the board for the Raiders. Colgate trailed the Big Red by only four points.
The Big Red would keep pushing offensively, as they scored their second touchdown of the quarter, bumping the lead to 21-10.
The first half closed with a 31-yard field goal from Biscoe cutting Cornell's lead to eight points heading into the third quarter.
After a great punt return by the Big Red, back-to-back penalties on Cornell would push them back 15-yards and ruin the momentum they had to start the third quarter.
Jarmolowich recovered a Big Red fumble at the Cornell 48-yard line to score his first career touchdown. The Raiders succeeded on their second two-point conversion of the season after
Michael Slivka tossed the ball to
Zack Pelland.
After forcing Cornell to punt away their second possession of the third, Colgate took the lead back after Biscoe nailed his third field goal of the game, a career-high for the sophomore.
Cornell retaliated to Colgate's field goal with their own 43-yard field goal to tie the game up for the third time.
The Raider offense would not back down, as
Jaedon Henry scored his first career touchdown after he rushed down the field for 46-yards. Colgate led 31-24 going into the final quarter of regulation.
Cornell prevailed, tying the game up for the fourth time about four minutes into the fourth quarter.
After forcing Colgate to punt, Cornell took the lead and game by three points with less than two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.
NOTES
FROM THE SOURCE
Fred '50 and Marilyn Dunlap Head Football Coach Stan Dakosty
"Credit to Cornell, Coach Archer got them ready for the week. It's always a battle between us, a lot of back-and-forth play. It was a tight game at the end that had its ups and downs and momentum swings."
"Our kids continued to fight and scrap till the end trying to get overtime. That fight is there, but there's obviously a lot we have to clean up. It's on me from a coaching and top-down standpoint."
"We have a bye-week coming up. We have a few days off next week. We have enough practices scheduled to make sure we're on an upwards trajectory."
UP NEXT
The Raiders have a bye week before traveling to Army West Point on Oct. 15 for the final non-conference matchup of the season. Kickoff is slated for noon inside Michie Stadium.
