Cornell Holds Off Yale's Late Rally, 38-25
Cornell was up 28-3 in the third quarter and Yale outscored it 22-10 the rest of the way. The Big Red still won 38-25, because the comeback started too late and the quarterback who led it threw two interceptions along the way.
Garrett Bass-Sulpizio ran for two short touchdowns (2 and 1 yards), and Cornell led 14-3 at the break, Yale's only points a Noah Piper field goal. Then came the third quarter, when Ean Pope ran 31 yards and Brendan Lee ran 7 yards for touchdowns in under four minutes of game clock, and it was 28-3.
Yale did come back, in its own way. Charlie Hewitt threw a 5-yard touchdown to Graham Smith, and a successful two-point pass made it 28-11. Hugo Djeumeni Kemeni ran 1 yard early in the fourth for 28-18. Alan Zhao's 34-yard field goal and Jordan Triplett's 1-yard run pushed Cornell to 38-18, and Jaxton Santiago's 32-yard catch with 1:34 left was just the last word.
The odd part is the yardage. Yale outgained Cornell 361 to 287 and threw for 244, but turned it over twice to Cornell's zero. Cornell ran 36 times for 135 and threw for 152. The lead never changed hands and the game was never tied. Both teams are 1-1.
Fantasy takeaway: Hewitt put up 24.9 points in defeat, and Bass-Sulpizio found his points on the ground with no touchdown passes.