Pitsenberger powers Yale to victory over Cornell; Trinity wins

Freshman Joshua Pitsenberger caught a touchdown pass and ran for two short scores — all in the first half — and Yale breezed to a 38-14 victory over Cornell on Saturday at Ithaca, N.Y.

Nolan Grooms passed to Pitsenberger for a 5-yard score to stake Yale (1-1) to an early lead in the Ivy League opener.

Jameson Wang threw a 36-yard scoring strike to Nicholas Laboy to pull Cornell (1-1) even, but Pitsenberger ran it in from a yard out with 1:11 left in the first quarter to give the Bulldogs the lead for good.

Grooms connected with Mason Tipton for a 17-yard touchdown and Pitsenberger scored on a 1-yard run in the second quarter to push Yale’s lead to 28-7 at halftime.

The Bulldogs capped a 31-0 run with Jack Bosman’s 25-yard field goal and a 1-yard touchdown run by Tre Peterson in the third quarter.

Grooms completed 12 of 17 passes for 187 yards and ran for 55 yards on nine carries. Pitsenberger carried 17 times for 93 yards. Tipton had six receptions for 133 yards.

Yale is 52-30-2 all-time against the Big Red and has won five straight in a series that began in 1889.

At Hartford, Tyler Dinapoli ran for 130 yards and scored two touchdowns and the Bantams scores 19 unanswered

Trinity 19, Colby 7:

points in the NESCAC win.

Dinapoli scored on a 2-yard rush in the fourth quarter to seal the game for Trinity. He also caught an 11-yard scoring pass from Spencer Fetter in the third quarter. Fetter, who also tossed a 27-yard scoring pass to Thomas Walsh to get the Bantams (2-0) on the board in the third quarter, finished 19-of-25 for 229 yards.

Middlebury 24, Wesleyan 10:

At Middlebury, Vt., Ben Tauber threw for 271 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Panthers past the Cardinals for the NESCAC win.

Scott Ashton threw for 253 yards on 19-of-41 passing that included a 22-yard TD pass to Ezra Jenifer. Daniel Yoon also kicked a 41-yard field goal for Wesleyan (1-1).

Sacred Heart 38, Dartmouth 31:

At Fairfield, Malik Grant scored his third touchdown of the game in overtime and Ernest Howard followed with an interception as Sacred Heart defeated Dartmouth 38-31 on Saturday, ending the Big Green’s 20-game nonconference win streak.

Dartmouth’s streak had been the longest active one in the FCS.

Sacred Heart (2-2) came back from a 31-17 secondhalf deficit with Grant scoring twice including a 1-yarder with just over two minutes left in regulation.