Wade, Holy Cross hold off Fordham
Geoff Wade threw for 135 yards and two touchdowns and Holy Cross scored 17 of the last 20 points for a 17-13 win against Fordham yesterday in Worcester. Holy Cross called its last timeout with four seconds left to set up its defense with Fordham on the 29. Tim DeMorat was pressured, scrambled and threw to the end zone, but it was deflected to the ground.
Derek Mountain and Martin Dorsey each made a touchdown catch for Holy Cross (4-6, 3-2 Patriot League). First-year head coach Bob Chesney has won three straight games. Senior Ryan Brady recovered two fumbles on Senior Day. Isaiah Searight had 89 receiving yards and a touchdown for Fordham (1-9, 1-4). Austin Longi added 79 yards on nine grabs.
SMU 62, UConn 50 — Ke’Mon Freeman and Xavier Jones each ran for more than 100 yards and combined for five touchdowns as the Mustangs (5-5, 4-2 American) climbed within a win of bowl eligibility by outscoring the Huskies (1-9, 0-6) in East Hartford. UConn quarterback David Pindell threw for 215 yards and four touchdowns ran for 181 yards and two others. Kevin Mensah ran 28 times for 184 yards and a score. Princeton 59, Yale 46 — Collin Eaddy rushed for 266 yards and three touchdowns, and Ryan Quigley and John Lovett each had two touchdowns to lead the Tigers (9-0, 6-0) to an Ivy League championship with a high-scoring win against the Bulldogs (5-4, 3-3) in New Haven, Conn. It was the highest scoring game in the rivalry, which at 141 games is second in the nation behind only Lafayette-Lehigh’s 153. The Tigers, who have won nine straight for the first time since 1964, can hold the title outright with a home win against Penn next weekend. With their 12th title, the Tigers have won the Ivy League for the second time in three years, a feat last accomplished in 1966. Eaddy started off his career day with a 75-yard touchdown run on the first play from scrimmage. Eaddy, who only carried the ball 25 times en route the Princeton’s first 200-yard game in 10 years, added a 17-yard touchdown on the Tigers’ next snap after Jeremiah Tyler returned an interception 14 yards on Yale’s second play. Quigley, who also had a career-high 113 yards on just 11 attempts, scored on a 37-yard run on Princeton’s third possession. With Quigley getting his second touchdown and quarterback Lovett scoring on the ground and finding Jesper Horsted for a 52-yard score, Princeton led 42-14 at the half. The Tigers ended up with 634 yards of total offense, 489 on the ground. Dartmouth 35, Cornell 24 — Derek Kyler threw for two touchdowns, Jared Gerbino ran for two scores and the Big Green (8-1, 5-1 Ivy) capitalized on two turnovers to beat the Big Red (3-6, 2-4) in Ithaca, N.Y. Columbia 42, Brown 20 — In Providence, Kyle Castner accounted for a school-record five touchdowns and the Lions (5-4, 2-4 Ivy) roared back from a 14-0 firstquarter deficit to beat the Bears (1-8, 0-6). Maine 28, Richmond 9 — Chris Ferguson threw four touchdown passes and the Black Bears (7-3, 6-1) clinched at least a share of the Colonial Athletic Association title with a victory against the Spiders (3-7, 1-6) in Richmond, Va. Maine, ranked No. 21 in the FCS poll, has won three straight and travels next Saturday to sixth-ranked Elon, which was routed by Towson 41-10. Maine has a one-game lead atop the conference ahead of James Madison, Stony Brook, and Delaware. Ferguson threw a pair of short-yardage touchdowns passes to cap long scoring drives in the first quarter, and his 29-yard scoring throw to Earnest Edwards gave the Black Bears a 21-3 lead midway through the second quarter. Ferguson added a 15yarder to Micah Wright in the third and was 20-of-32 passing for 229 yards. James Madison 48, Rhode Island 31 — Ben DiNucci threw for four touchdowns and ran for another and the Dukes (7-3, 5-2 Colonial) battered the Rams (5-5, 3-4) in Harrisonburg, Va. DiNucci tossed three TD passes in the first half, two to Riley Stapleton. Tyler Gray added a pair of field goals, including one as time expired, for a 27-14 halftime lead. DiNucci was 18-of-25 passing for 227 yards. Duquesne 28, Sacred Heart 24 — Daniel Parr threw a touchdown pass to Kellon Taylor and ran for a score, A.J. Hines rushed for 213 yards and the Dukes (7-3, 4-1 Northeast) held off the Pioneers (6-4, 4-1 in Pittsburgh. New Hampshire 24, Albany 10— Carlos Washington Jr. broke loose for a 93-yard touchdown run and Evan Horn had a late pick-six as the Wildcats (4-6, 3-4 Colonial) beat the Great Danes (2-8, 0-7) in Durham, N.H. The victory moves New Hampshire coach Sean McDonnell into third place on the all-time CAA wins list, breaking a tie with his predecessor, Bill Bowes. Only Andy Tally (Villanova, 142) and Jimmye Laycock (William & Mary, 111) have more.