2015 Ivy League Football September 21, 2015
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Week 2 2015 Ivy League Football September 21, 2015 #OneIvy #IvyAt60 STANDINGS TOP STORYLINES • Ivy League football opened the 2015 season with Ivy League Overall four wins on its opening Saturday. The League has Record Pct. PF PA Record Pct. PF PA Streak started with four or more wins in season openers Harvard 0-0 .000 0 0 1-0 1.000 41 10 W 15 eight times over the past 11 seasons. Princeton 0-0 .000 0 0 1-0 1.000 40 7 W 1 • Penn’s matchup at top-ranked Villanova has been Dartmouth 0-0 .000 0 0 1-0 1.000 31 10 W 4 moved to Thursday night due to the Pope’s visit to Yale 0-0 .000 0 0 1-0 1.000 29 28 W 1 Philadelphia, marking the first time an Ivy League Columbia 0-0 .000 0 0 0-1 .000 24 44 L 22 team is playing on a Thursday since Princeton lost Penn 0-0 .000 0 0 0-1 .000 21 42 L 1 to Colgate in double overtime on Oct. 8, 2009. Brown 0-0 .000 0 0 0-1 .000 16 20 L 1 Cornell 0-0 .000 0 0 0-1 .000 14 19 L 2 • Eight different players threw for touchdowns in Week 1 games. CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Harvard senior quarterback Scott Hosch (Suger Hill, Ga.) set career-highs with • The first game of the League’s 17-game national 336 passing yards and three touchdowns, as the Crimson topped Rhode Island television package takes on Saturday night as 41-10 in its season opener. Hosch was 18-of-27 on the day with scoring passes of Harvard hosts Brown on FOX College Sports 45 yards to junior tight end Ryan Halvorson, 21 yards to senior wide receiver Seitu Atlantic and FOX Sports Go. Eric Frede (play- Smith II) and 19 yards to senior tight end Ben Braunecker. His longest pass of the by-play), Steve DeOssie (analyst) and Katy day was a 60-yarder to junior tight end Anthony Firkser. Fitzpatrick (sidelines) are set to provide coverage from Harvard Stadium. Hosch’s Statistics for the Week 18-27-1, 336 yds., 3 TDs, 11 rush yds. • The Ivy League Digital Network (ILDN) is set for a busy football Saturday with four live broadcasts Yale senior quarterback Morgan Roberts (Charlotte, N.C.) brought the Bulldogs on tap. back from a pair of 14-point deficits to grab a 29-28 victory at Colgate. Roberts finished the day 29-of-41 with 293 yards and three touchdowns. Yale trailed 28-14 with 10:05 remaining before Roberts connected on two of his three scoring passes -- a 30-yard connection with junior wide receiver Robert Clemons III with 7:19 left UPCOMING SCHEDULE and the game-clinching 13-yard connection with sophomore wide receiver Michael Thursday, September 24 Siragusa, Jr. Penn at Villanova, 7 pm Roberts’ Statistics for the Week Saturday, September 26 29-41-1, 293 yds., 3 TDs Georgetown at Columbia, 1 pm [ILDN] *Cornell at Yale, 1 pm [ILDN] DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Lehigh at Princeton, 5 pm [ILDN] Dartmouth senior linebacker Will McNamara (Chicago) made several big plays at *Brown at Harvard, 7 pm [FCS] Georgetown in the Big Green’s triumphant 31-10, season-opening win. None bigger Sacred Heart at Dartmouth, 7 pm [ILDN] than McNamara’s interception early in the second quarter that he returned for a touchdown to aid the cause in the victory. The Hoyas were pinned close to their goal *Ivy League Contests line when the quarterback was pressured in the end zone. His throw went directly to McNamara, who batted the pass into the air before securing it and returning it eight KEY: yards for the score, giving Dartmouth a 21-7 lead. In addition, McNamara recorded FCS – FOX College Sports Atlantic (DirecTV 608, six tackles and had a quarterback hurry on a third-down play in the fourth quarter. DISH 440, Verizon FiOS 300); ILDN – Streamed live on The Ivy League Digital Network McNamara’s Statistics for the Week 6 tkls. (3 solo), 8-yd. INT for TD, 1 QBH SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK Dartmouth senior wide receiver/return specialist Ryan McManus (Mendota Heights, Minn.) proved quite evasive during the Big Green’s season-opening 31-10 win at Georgetown. McManus provided the spark to get Dartmouth going late in the first quarter while down 7-0 thanks to a career-long 63-yard return to the Hoyas’ 10-yard line. That set up the first Big Green touchdown of the afternoon. He added returns of 23 and 16 yards later in the game and had a chance to set the school’s single-game record for punt return yardage but did not get another opportunity. McManus also led the team with 65 receiving yards on four catches. McManus’ Statistics for the Week 102 PR yds., 4 rec. for 65 yds. 2015 Ivy League Football Week 2 2 ROOKIE OF THE WEEK WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS Penn freshman wide receiver Christian Pearson (Northridge, Calif.) made an impact quickly in his first OFFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK game in a Quaker uniform in a 42-21 defeat at Lehigh. September 21 ............................................. Scott Hosch, Harvard (Sr., QB) On the second series of his career, Pearson hauled in Morgan Roberts, Yale (Sr., QB) his first collegiate catch and it went for 45 yards for a September 28 ............................................................................................... touchdown. The score got Penn back into the game at October 5 ...................................................................................................... the start of the fourth quarter, but the Quakers were unable to get into the end zone after that. Most of October 12 .................................................................................................... Pearson’s first collegiate action was spent on special October 19 .................................................................................................... teams where he also recorded a solo tackle. October 26 .................................................................................................... November 2 .................................................................................................. Pearson’s Statistics for the Week November 9 .................................................................................................. 1 rec. for 45 yds., 1 TD, 1 tkl. November 16 ................................................................................................ November 23 ................................................................................................ HONOR ROLL DiAndre Atwater, Princeton (Sr., RB - Duluth, Ga.) DEFENSIVE PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 14 car. for 93 yds., 52 rec. yds. September 21 .....................................Will McNamara, Dartmouth (Sr., LB) September 28 ............................................................................................... Matthew Cahal, Columbia (Sr., DB - Paradise Valley, Ariz.) 10 tkls. (9 solo), 1 INT October 5 ...................................................................................................... October 12 .................................................................................................... Troy Doles, Brown (Sr., WR - Saratoga, Calif.) October 19 .................................................................................................... 6 rec. for 147 yds., 1 TD October 26 .................................................................................................... November 2 .................................................................................................. Luke Hagy, Cornell (Sr., RB - Pittsburgh) November 9 .................................................................................................. 18 car. for 105 yds., 1 TD, 12 rec. yds. November 16 ................................................................................................ November 23 ................................................................................................ Kurt Holuba, Princeton (So., DL - Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J.) 6 tkls. (5 solo), 1 Sack, 1.0 TFL Seth Hope, Cornell (So., DL - Fort Thomas, Ky.) SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS OF THE WEEK 6 tkls. (4 solo), 2.5 TFL September 21 .............................Ryan McManus, Dartmouth (Sr., WR/RS) September 28 ............................................................................................... Matt Koran, Harvard (Sr., LB - Joliet, Ill.) October 5 ...................................................................................................... 9 tkls. (8 solo), 1.0 TFL October 12 .................................................................................................... October 19 .................................................................................................... Skyler Mornhinweg, Columbia (Jr., QB - Philadelphia) October 26 .................................................................................................... 21-25-1, 187 yds., 17 rush yds. November 2 .................................................................................................. Dré Nelson, Princeton (Sr., RB - Stone Mountain, Ga.) November 9 .................................................................................................. 8 car. for 116 yds., 1 TD, 14 rec. yds. November 16 ................................................................................................ November 23 ................................................................................................ Grant Senne, Brown (Sr., PK/P - Winter Park, Fla.) 3 FGs (career-high 45, 20, 23), 1 PAT, 29.3 yds./punt ROOKIES OF THE WEEK Max Tylki, Brown (Sr., LB - Wethersfield, Conn.) September 21 ........................................Christian Pearson, Penn (Fr., WR) 9 tkls. (4 solo), 2.0 TFL September 28 ............................................................................................... October 5 .....................................................................................................