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ITHACA, N.Y. (10/16/10) — Colgate junior running back Nate Eachus (Drums, Pa.) ran for a school and Patriot League record 291 yards and scored three touchdowns as the Raiders won for the 600th time in program history with a 44-3 whipping of Cornell Saturday afternoon at Schoellkopf Field.

Eachus carried the ball 25 times while breaking the previous record of 280 yards set by Jamaal Branch in 2003 against Holy Cross. Senior quarterback Greg Sullivan (Monroe, N.Y.) also gained more then 100 yards rushing as he finished the day with 102 yards on eight carries and three touchdowns. As a team Colgate finished with 440 yards rushing and 503 yards of total offense.

Colgate (4-2) opened the scoring with a 30-yard field goal by Evan Colborne (Tampa, Fla.) to cap an 11-play, 37-yard drive in the first quarter. The Raiders held the 3-0 lead until the second quarter when they found the end zone for the first time on a 26-yard touchdown run by Sullivan. The seven-play, 72-yard scoring drive was highlighted by a 33-yard pass from Sullivan to Doug Rosnick (Langhorne, Pa.) on third-and-eight. Sullivan scored on the following play.

Eachus scored on career-long 66-yard run to extend Colgate's lead to 17-0 with 6:40 remaining in the first half. Sullivan then followed with career-high 53-yard run to build a 24-0 lead with 4:46 remaining in the half.

Sophomore Tyler Danielson (South Amboy, N.J.) then sacked Cornell quarterback Jeff Mathews and forced a fumble that was recovered by Chris DiMassa (Coatesville, Pa.) on the Cornell 26-yard line. Eachus scored his second touchdown of the half two plays later with a 25-yard run to give Colgate a 31-0 halftime lead.

Colgate's defense held the Big Red to just 61 yards in the first half, while the offense gained 320 yards.

Cornell struck first in the second half as Brad Greenway kicked a 37-yard field goal to trim Colgate's lead to 31-3. The Big Red then forced Colgate to punt on its next possession as they started to gain momentum. But Brad Keele (Jacksonville, Fla.) picked off a pass by Mathews and returned it 16 yards to set up a 63-yard touchdown run by Eachus, his second 60-yard run of the day, making the score 37-3 after three quarters.

Sullivan scored the final touchdown of the game early in the fourth quarter on an 11-yard run.

DiMassa led the Raiders defense with career-high 12 tackles, while sophomore Patrick Friel (St. Charles, Ill.) recorded nine. Colgate's defense held Cornell to 124 total yards and recorded a season-high seven sacks.

GAME NOTES: With the win Colgate became the 15th team in FCS history to win 600 games. Eachus has rushed for 200 yards or more six times in his career. He has also rushed for more then 100 yards in five games this season. Eachus has gained 671 yards rushing and scored nine touchdowns in three games against Cornell. With the 291 yards rushing Eachus went over 1,000 for the first time in his career while Sullivan became the Patriot League's all-time rushing quarterback with 2,112 yards.