Four Interceptions Sink Yale in a 24-21 Loss to Pennsylvania
Four interceptions. That was the game. Yale outgained Pennsylvania 359 yards to 291, got 133 receiving yards and two touchdowns from Lucius Anderson, and still lost 24-21 because Dante Reno threw the ball to the other team four times and Pennsylvania never threw one.
Yale scored first, a 44-yard touchdown pass from Reno to Anderson, and then Pennsylvania's Miles Teodecki threw back-to-back touchdown passes, 2 yards to Jack Donnelly and 3 yards to Dante Barone, for a 14-7 lead. Hugo Djeumeni Kemeni tied it with a 34-yard run in the second quarter, and Reno found Anderson again from 29 yards with 20 seconds left before the break for a 21-14 Yale halftime lead.
That was the last Yale scoring. Nothing happened in the third quarter. Mason Walters kicked a 42-yard field goal at 14:50 of the fourth to make it 21-17, and Sean Williams Jr. ran in from 13 yards with 8:08 left to put Pennsylvania ahead 24-21 for good. Pennsylvania scored the last ten points of the game.
Flip the interceptions and this is a Yale win on the stat sheet. It ran for 148 yards to Pennsylvania's 135, and it sacked Pennsylvania's quarterback twice. Pennsylvania was held to 291 yards and still won, because it kept the ball safe. Instead both teams finish 3-3, with Yale carrying the four picks.
For fantasy, Anderson was the top scorer with 35.3 points on 10 catches, and Reno still managed 22.2 despite the turnovers. Teodecki's two touchdown passes and 28 rushing yards were worth 21.0.