Dante Reno Throws Five Touchdowns, Yale Holds Off Holy Cross 38-28
Dante Reno threw for 454 yards and five touchdowns, and two of his receivers each cleared 150 yards. Yale beat Holy Cross 38-28, and the Bulldogs had to come from behind to do it.
It started with a 75-yard touchdown from Reno to Jaxton Santiago in the first quarter, and it was 7-7 at the half (there were no points in the second quarter at all). Reno found Lucius Anderson from 22 yards and again from 26 in the third quarter, and Holy Cross matched the first with a 9-yard pass from Jake Croce to Mason McSweeney. Then the fourth quarter got strange. David Lynch threw touchdown passes of 31 and 28 yards to Lincoln Fisher, and the Crusaders led 28-21 with 11:52 left.
That was the last time they led. Reno hit Santiago again from 18 yards to tie it with 9:36 to go, found Graham Smith from 28 yards with 3:42 left to go ahead 35-28, and Noah Piper kicked a 17-yard field goal with 1:41 on the clock. Yale finished with 524 total yards, 454 of them through the air and only 70 on the ground, while Holy Cross had 308. Yale lost a fumble and Holy Cross threw one interception.
The game was tied four times and the lead changed hands twice. Yale is 1-0 and Holy Cross is 0-3. For fantasy, Reno and Santiago both finished with exactly 47.4 points, and Anderson had 36.5. A stack of Yale passers and receivers won your week, and Holy Cross owners got a quarterback who threw two touchdowns and ran for another.