ITHACA – Cornell rotated three quarterbacks through the first three quarters, all of whom accounted for scores, and the Big Red's highly ranked defense bottled up Colgate for the first 28 minutes of the first half to take a 34-20 victory in the 102^nd meeting between the two rivals. The win gave the Big Red a 50-49-3 lead in the series in which Cornell has never trailed, and was Cornell's first victory of the season.

Cornell drew first blood on a four-yard pass from Jameson Wang to Matt Robbert. It was Robbert's first reception in a Cornell uniform, Jameson's first career touchdown pass and also the first time Cornell had scored in the first quarter all season. The toss capped a ten-play 67-yard drive following a Colgate punt.

It took exactly 11 seconds for the Raiders to answer. William Gruber returned the ensuing kickoff 100 yards through a huge hole, darted to his left and down the sideline to paydirt.

On the ensuing drive Wang used his legs to give the Big Red a 14-7 lead on the first play of the second quarter, scoring on an 18-yard quarterback keeper. The big play on the drive was a 55-yard catch and run from Wang to Thomas Glover. Cornell took only 1:56 to go 75 yards in six plays.

Luke Duby made the score 21-7 on a 34-yard quarterback draw giving the Big Red scores on three consecutive possessions. The score, with 9:15 remaining followed a nine-play 65-yard drive that took 3:38 off the clock.

Ritchie Kenny became the third Cornell quarterback responsible for a touchdown on the Big Red's next drive. On a 3^rd and goal from the Raider 24, Kenny connected with Curtis Raymond, III, on the ninth play of a 65-yard scoring drive.

A one-yard rush by Michael Brescia brought the Raiders to within two touchdowns with just 38 seconds left in the half. The score followed a 43-yard strike from Harry Kirk to Garrett Oakey that took the ball to the Cornell one.

The first half statistics reflected the Big Red's dominance in the first 30 minutes. Cornell amassed 342 yards and averaged 9.5 yards per play. Colgate earned 130 yards in the half with 80 of those on its scoring drive.

Colgate moved the ball well to open the second half, but a tipped pass resulted in an 82-yard pick six for Cornell's Logan Thut and a 34-14 lead for the Big Red. A bad snap resulted in a failed extra point.

The Raiders capped the scoring with 3:01 remaining on a 12-yard pass from Kirk to Oakey. The extra point attempt failed.

Kirk threw for 179 yards on just 11 completions and Oakey tallied 98 yards on three receptions.

Milton Braasch II, and Mikey Jarmolowich each tallied nine tackles. In addition to his touchdown return, Gruber broke up two Big Red passes.

FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Stan Dakosty

"Cornell did a great job. They made a lot of plays early on. We showed spurts of being a good football team but we are way too inconsistent and we are an undisciplined football team and that comes back on me. So we obviously have to clean a lot of stuff up. We have our league games ahead of us now. We are staying positive and just trying to stay together. This is not who our program is or what our program is going be. We have to keep our heads down, clean stuff up and become a disciplined football team.

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Colgate will travel to pre-season Patriot League favorite Holy Cross Saturday, October 23, at 5 p.m.