Yale Shuts Columbia Out for Three Quarters in a 26-8 Win
Columbia did not score until 1:33 was left in the third quarter, and by then it was 23-0. Yale beat the Lions 26-8, and both teams finish the day at 4-3.
Nothing happened in the first quarter. Then Dante Reno threw a 23-yard touchdown to Graham Smith with 13:41 left in the second, and a safety ten seconds of clock later made it 9-0. Reno found Lucius Anderson from 34 yards to make it 16-0, and Hugo Djeumeni Kemeni opened the second half with a 63-yard touchdown run to go up 23-0. Noah Piper added a 46-yard field goal with 4:08 left in the fourth and that was all Yale needed.
The ground game is the number to keep. Yale ran 40 times for 223 yards and threw for only 134, and Reno was 14 of 31, so the passing line is not the story even with two touchdowns. Columbia ran 21 times for 34 yards. Chase Goodwin did throw 48 passes, completing 24 for 207 yards with one touchdown and one interception, and the touchdown (an 11-yarder to Bryce Coleman, with a two-point conversion to the same man) was the only thing that got Columbia on the board.
Fantasy-wise, Coleman gave you 26.8 on 10 catches and 108 yards, and that is on a team that lost by 18. Kemeni ran 23 times for 155 yards and a touchdown. Take Coleman out of the box score and Columbia has about 130 yards of offense.
The records sit at 4-3 for both teams. Yale got there with no turnovers at all (no interceptions, no fumbles lost), and that, more than the points, is why this was never in doubt after the first half.