BROWN • COLUMBIA • CORNELL • DARTMOUTH • HARVARD • PENN • PRINCETON • YALE 2012 Ivy League FOOTBALL Week 3 • September 24, 2012 Contact: Scottie Rodgers • [email protected] • 609-258-2999 2012 STANDINGS THIS WEEK The 2012 Ivy League football schedule rolls on Ivy League Overall with a Week 3 schedule highlighted by Penn at GP Record Win % PF PA GP Record Win % PF PA Streak Dartmouth in a key Ancient Eight clash on the Harvard 1 1-0-0 1.000 45 31 2 2-0-0 1.000 73 44 W 11 NBC Sports Network. Both teams come into Cornell 1 1-0-0 1.000 45 6 2 1-1-0 0.500 72 40 W 1 the matchup on different ends of streaks as the Brown 1 0-1-0 0.000 31 45 2 1-1-0 0.500 55 66 L 1 2-0 Big Green has won its last five in a row, Yale 1 0-1-0 0.000 6 45 2 1-1-0 0.500 30 66 L 1 while the 0-2 Quakers have come up short in Dartmouth 0 0-0-0 0.000 0 0 2 2-0-0 1.000 48 17 W 5 their last four games dating back to last Columbia 0 0-0-0 0.000 0 0 2 1-1-0 0.500 23 29 L 1 season. Princeton and Columbia meet in the Princeton 0 0-0-0 0.000 0 0 2 0-2-0 0.000 34 38 L 9 Big Apple as the two look to rebound from Penn 0 0-0-0 0.000 0 0 2 0-2-0 0.000 29 52 L 4 tough Week 2 losses. Harvard hopes to keep its winning ways going in its version of Friday CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Night Lights, hosting Holy Cross, the last team Cornell junior quarterback Jeff Mathews (Camarillo, Calif.) was again spectacular, to beat the Crimson in two seasons. A couple completing 29-of-39 passes for 340 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions, of series are renewed Saturday with Yale in the Big Red’s Ivy League opener, a 45-6 win over Yale. Mathews posted his fourth facing Colgate for the first time since 2004 and straight 300-yard passing game and eighth in his career, matching a school record. Brown heading to the Nation’s Capital to take Cornell scored touchdowns on five of its first eight possessions and rolled up 286 on Georgetown for the first time since 2006. yards of offense in the first half in running out to a 35-0 lead by halftime. Capping the weekend’s games is the Battle of Harvard senior running back Treavor Scales (Stone Mountain, Ga.) scored a career- the ‘Nells under the lights as Cornell hits the high four touchdowns, including three in the second half, en route to 136 rushing yards road to take on Bucknell for a 6 p.m. kickoff. and leading the Crimson to a 45-31 road win at Brown. Scales leads the nation with 18.0 points per game and is fourth in rushing at better than 8.4 yards per carry. His performance put him into a tie for fifth place on Harvard’s all-time rushing list (2,130) UPCOMING SCHEDULE with the legendary Vic Gato (1966-68). Friday, September 28 Holy Cross at Harvard, 7 pm DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Saturday, September 29 *Penn at Dartmouth, Noon [NBCSN] Dartmouth junior linebacker Michael Runger (Lisle, Ill.) spearheaded a Big Green Colgate at Yale, Noon defensive effort that held Holy Cross to 199 yards of offense and just 10 points. *Princeton at Columbia, 12:30 pm Runger racked up a career-high 15 tackles, nine solo, while no other teammate had Brown at Georgetown, 2 pm more than six stops on the afternoon. The 15 tackles are the most by a Big Green Cornell at Bucknell, 6 pm player since the 2009 season opener. *Ivy League Contests SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK Dartmouth sophomore placekicker/punter Riley Lyons (Roswell, Ga.) came through KEY: NBCSN – NBC Sports Network (DirecTV with a 31-yard field goal in the final seconds with the game on the line to lift the Big 603, DISH 159, Verizon FiOS 90 [SD]/590 Green to a 13-10 victory at Holy Cross. Earlier in the game, Lyons converted his first [HD]) collegiate field goal, a 34-yarder, to knot the score at 10 after Dartmouth had fallen behind by 10 in the first quarter. Right after tying the game, his kickoff was returned 69 yards and would have gone for a touchdown had Lyons not been there to bring the Crusader to the turf. That tackle preserved the tie and allowed him to provide the late-game heroics. Doubling as the team’s punter, Lyons booted seven punts for a 36.4-yard average, including two inside the 20-yard line and a 57-yarder on the fly. 2012 Ivy League FOOTBALL Week 3 ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Cornell freshman running back Luke Hagy (Pittsburgh) WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS had a breakout performance in his first extended action, OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK compiling 157 all-purpose yards and two touchdowns in September 17 ................................Dominick Pierre, Dartmouth, Junior, RB helping the Big Red knock off Yale. Hagy looked like a Treavor Scales, Harvard, Senior, RB veteran with 21 carries for 88 yards on the ground to lead September 24 .........................................Jeff Mathews, Cornell, Junior, QB the Big Red rushing attack. He had 81 rushing yards by halftime and added 69 receiving yards on five catches. Treavor Scales, Harvard, Senior, RB October 1 ...................................................................................................... HONOR ROLL October 8 ...................................................................................................... October 15 .................................................................................................... Statistics DiAndre Atwater, Princeton, Fr., RB 15 car. for 92 yds., 1 TD October 22 .................................................................................................... Patrick Donnelly, Brown, Sr., QB 27-40-0, 336 yds., 3 TDs October 29 .................................................................................................... Marcorus Garrett, Columbia, Jr., RB 30 car. for 168 yds. November 5 .................................................................................................. Scott Lopano, Penn, Sr., P 7 punts for 46.3 avg., 3 In20, 2 FC Tom Moak, Princeton, Sr., WR 10-yd. TD pass on FG att., 18 rec. yds. November 12 ................................................................................................ Zach Olinger, Columbia, Jr., LB 14 tkls. (5 solo) November 19 ................................................................................................ Austin Reuland, Yale, Fr., WR 6 rec. for 79 yds. Andrew Starks, Princeton, Sr., LB 16 tkls. (7 solo), 1.0 sack, 1.0 TFL Jarrod Watson-Lewis, Cornell, Fr., CB 11 tkls. (7 solo), 1 BrUp DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK September 17 .......................................Zach Olinger, Columbia, Junior, LB WEEKLY AWARDS HISTORY September 24 ................................ Michael Runger, Dartmouth, Junior, LB OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK October 1 ...................................................................................................... School Last Occurrence Player October 8 ...................................................................................................... Brown November 7, 2011* Mark Kachmer October 15 .................................................................................................... Columbia November 15, 2010* Sean Brackett October 22 .................................................................................................... Cornell September 24, 2012* Jeff Mathews Dartmouth September 17, 2012* Dominick Pierre October 29 .................................................................................................... Harvard September 24, 2012* Treavor Scales November 5 .................................................................................................. Penn November 22, 2010* Brandon Colavita November 12 ................................................................................................ Princeton September 27, 2010 Tommy Wornham Yale October 31, 2011 Mordecai Cargill November 19 ................................................................................................ DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK School Last Occurrence Player Brown October 31, 2011 Daniel Smithwick SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Columbia September 17, 2012 Zach Olinger September 17 .........................................Miles Gay, Dartmouth, Senior, LB Cornell October 3, 2011 Zack Imhoff September 24 .......................... Riley Lyons, Dartmouth, Sophomore, PK/P Dartmouth September 24, 2012 Michael Runger October 1 ...................................................................................................... Harvard November 14, 2011 Josue Ortiz Penn November 7, 2011 Erik Rask October 8 ...................................................................................................... Princeton November 21, 2011 Caraun Reid October 15 .................................................................................................... Yale November 2, 2009 Adam Money October 22 .................................................................................................... SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK October 29 .................................................................................................... School Last Occurrence Player November 5 .................................................................................................. Brown November 7, 2011 Nathan Lovett November 12 ................................................................................................ Columbia November 17, 2008 Austin Knowlin November 19 ................................................................................................ Cornell November 21, 2011 Rashad Campbell Dartmouth September 24, 2012 Riley Lyons Harvard October 24, 2011 Seitu Smith II Penn November 24,