Lehigh Runs past Dartmouth 24-20 to Stay Unbeaten
Luke Yoder carried the ball 27 times, scored twice, and Lehigh is 4-0. That is the whole recipe, and it beat Dartmouth 24-20.
The Mountain Hawks threw for 73 yards. Derek Morgan was 10 of 13, so it was efficient, but it was not much. Lehigh ran 44 times for 225 yards instead. Dartmouth went the other way, 262 yards in the air from Grayson Saunier and 63 on the ground, and that is why a team can outgain its opponent 325 to 298 and still lose.
Here is how the lead moved. Yoder scored from a yard out in the first quarter, and Dartmouth's Owen Zalc kicked field goals of 49 and 50 yards to cut it to 7-6. Nick Palumbo caught a 13-yard pass from Morgan to make it 14-6, and Ky'Dric Fisher answered with a 33-yard touchdown catch with 35 seconds left in the half. Lehigh led 14-13 at the break and 17-13 after a Connor Poole field goal. Then Myles Craddock ran in from 2 yards out with two seconds left in the third quarter, and Dartmouth led 20-17 for the first time. Yoder's 2-yard run with 8:41 left in the game took it back, 24-20, and nobody scored again. Two lead changes, and the biggest hole Lehigh was in was three points.
Dartmouth threw one interception and Lehigh threw none, which matters in a four-point game. Lehigh is 4-0. Dartmouth is 0-1.
For fantasy, Yoder had 30.5 points, the most of anyone. Fisher (4 catches, 88 yards, a touchdown) had 18.8 and Saunier 18.6.