Colgate Beats Cornell 20-7 After a Quick 20-0 Start
Three interceptions. That was Cornell's afternoon, and Colgate used all of them. The Raiders led 20-0 at halftime, Cornell did not score until the fourth quarter, and the final was Colgate 20, Cornell 7.
It took one play to get going. Jake Stearney found Matt Fogler for 85 yards on the first score, with 12:57 left in the first quarter. Daniel Shaban (listed in the play-by-play as Danny) ran in from 8 yards out late in the quarter, and Luke Vogeler added field goals of 31 yards in the second, one with 8:19 left and one with 51 seconds left. That was the last Colgate scoring of the day. Nobody needed any more of it.
Cornell's one touchdown was Jordan Triplett's 6-yard run with 10:22 left in the game, which at least spared them the shutout. Garrett Bass-Sulpizio completed 18 of 37 for 132 yards and threw all three picks. The Big Red ran the ball only 17 times all day, which tends to happen when you are down 20 before halftime. Colgate ran it 49 times for 185 yards and out-gained Cornell 374 to 238, even with a lost fumble and a Stearney interception of its own.
Colgate is now 3-0. Cornell is 0-1 and has plenty to think about after three interceptions and 17 rushing attempts.
For fantasy, Fogler had the day: 8 catches, 137 yards, and the 85-yarder (more than half of his yardage on one throw) for 27.7 points. Shaban was next at 20.1, and Stearney was third at 14.3.