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* Walters Named Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week
* Video Highlights from the Fordham Game

GAME INFORMATION
Game #6: Brown at Cornell
Kickoff: Saturday, Oct. 24, at 12:30 p.m. ET
Site: Schoellkopf Field (25,597), Ithaca, N.Y.
2009 Records: Brown (3-2, 1-1 Ivy); Cornell (2-3, 1-1 Ivy)
Series Record: Brown leads 29-26-1
Last Meeting: Brown won 27-7, Oct. 25, 2008, in Providence, R.I.
Radio: WHCU 870 AM, Barry Leonard (play-by-play), Buck Briggs (color)
Live Stats: Available at www.CornellBigRed.com
Live Video: Available at www.CornellBigRed.com
Tickets: Available by calling (607) 254-BEAR

HEAD COACH JIM KNOWLES '87
The Roger J. Weiss '61 Head Coach of Football, Jim Knowles, is in his sixth season at the helm of the Big Red (26-29 overall, .473; 16-21 Ivy, .432) ... Knowles, an All-Ivy defensive end and three-year letter winner on the gridiron, was hired by his alma mater as head coach on Jan. 30, 2004.

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ITHACA, N.Y. — For the second time in three weeks, the defending Ivy League champion will visit Cornell when the Big Red face Brown on Saturday, Oct. 24 at 12:30 p.m. at Schoellkopf Field. The contest can be heard locally on WHCU 870 AM with Barry Leonard on the call or at www.CornellBigRed.com as part of the RedCast subscription service. Live video of the game will also provided at no charge on IBNSports.com. Cornell met Harvard on Oct. 10, with the two teams tying for the title in 2008 with 6-1 records.



Cornell will attempt to snap a three-game losing skid and a three-game Brown win streak when the Big Red gets a chance at one of the favorites for the Ancient Eight title. Despite losses by both teams to Harvard, the winner of the game will improve to 2-1 and stay in contention for the Ancient Eight crown. The loser will pick up its second dreaded Ivy loss, as only two times since 1959 has a team tied for the league crown with a pair of losses. Cornell will also attempt to avoid a three-game losing streak at Schoellkopf Field.

Cornell had a breakout day offensively against Fordham, setting season-best marks in rushing (284 yards), passing (258 yards) and total offense (552 yards), posted 29 first downs and held onto the ball for 38:15, but turned the ball over five times on interceptions without the services of steady senior quarterback Ben Ganter, who missed the game due to injury. Senior Stephen Liuzza ran for 166 yards and two touchdowns, while classmate Bryan Walters had 10 catches for 178 yards and a touchdown. Walters' 178 yards ranks second in a single game at Cornell, while his 338 all-purpose yards was also second-best at Cornell, fourth in Ivy League history and first among all Football Championship Subdivision players this year. For his efforts, he was named Ivy League Special Teams Player of the Week.

After surrendering 420 yards and five touchdowns through the air a weekend ago to the Rams (the No. 2 passing team in the country), the Cornell secondary will have yet another challenge when it faces a Brown team that ranks ninth in the country in passing offense at 280.4 ypg. Despite the tough day, the Big Red did make great strides against the run. After surrendering more than 250 rushing yards in consecutive games, Cornell allowed just 87 yards on 29 carries to Fordham. Senior middle linebacker Chris Costello continued his All-America play with 14 tackles (no other player had more than five) to go along with 4.0 tackles for loss, a sack, two forced fumbles and a pass breakup. In all, the defense forced three turnovers, had 10.0 tackles for loss, three sacks, broke up three passes and blocked a pair of extra-point kicks.

Special teams was again excellent, as the Big Red punt return coverage team and junior Drew Alston allowed just two yards on his three kicks to a dangerous Fordham return squad. Junior Brad Greenway booted two field goals, while Walters averaged 25.5 yards on his six kickoff returns. Senior Horatio Blackman and junior Dempsey Quinn also blocked extra-point kicks to keep Fordham points off the board.

Since dropping its first two contests of the season, Brown and head coach Phil Estes have righted the ship, including a 34-17 victory over Princeton last weekend in Providence. Using the receiving duo of Bobby Sewall and Buddy Farnham to create havoc offensively and NFL prospect David Howard on the defensive line, the Bears have knocked off Rhode Island (28-20), No. 19 Holy Cross (34-31) and Princeton in succession after losses to Stony Brook and Harvard to open the year on the road. 

A WIN OVER BROWN WOULD:
• snap Cornell's three-game losing streak and Brown's three-game win streak.
• even Cornell's record at 3-3 this season.
• be the second straight for the Big Red over Brown at Schoellkopf Field
• give Cornell a 20-10 record at home under head coach Jim Knowles '87.
• be the 617th in program history (10th most in the Football Championship Subdivision).

THE CORNELL-BROWN SERIES: (Brown leads 29-26-1) This will be the 57th meeting between Cornell and Brown, with the Bears holding a slim 29-26-1 advantage. The two teams first met in 1895, a 6-4 Cornell win. Brown has won six of the last eight meetings, but Cornell pulled out an exciting 38-31overtime win at Schoellkopf Field the last time the two teams met in Ithaca (2007). The Bears won last year's contest 27-7 en route to a share of the Ivy League title. 

SCOUTING BROWN:
• Brown enters the contest on a three-game win streak after knocking off Princeton 34-17 last weekend behind 309 all-purpose yards from senior Buddy Farnham. 
• Farnham, who ranks second to Cornell's Bryan Walters in all-purpose yardage, posted the eighth-highest single-game total in Ivy League history, but just the second-best total of the day behind Walters' 388 yards vs. Fordham.
• The Bears enter the weekend leading the Ivy League in passing offense (280.4 ypg.), total offense (396.0 ypg.), scoring offense (27.4 ppg.), punt (16.6 ypr.) and kickoff (23.5 ypr.) returns.
• Farnham and classmate Bobby Sewall have combined for 76 receptions, 805 yards and eight touchdowns as the top receiving duo in the Ancient Eight. Sewall has also rushed for three scores.
• Senior defensive line prospect David Howard has 13 tackles, including 2.5 tackles for loss and a sack so far this season.
• Quarterback Kyle Newhall, taking over for big-armed Michael Dougherty, has already thrown for 1,492 yards and 11 touchdowns this season, but has also been picked off eight times.
• Head coach Phil Estes has posted a 69-45 overall record in 12 seasons and has led the Bears to three Ivy League championships (1999, 2005 and 2008).
• Brown leads the all-time series 29-26-1 dating back to 1895. The Bears have won five of the last six meetings, with the Big Red capturing a 38-31 victory in overtime in 2007 in the last visit to Schoellkopf Field.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR: 
• Three of the Ivy League's top four receivers will be on the field in Brown seniors Buddy Farnham (37 receptions, 485 yards, four touchdowns) and Bobby Sewall (39 receptions, 320 yards, four touchdowns) and Cornell senior Bryan Walters (26 receptions, 450 yards, three touchdowns). 
• The Big Red pass defense, which entered last weekend ranked No. 1 in the FCS in pass efficiency defense, will square off with a Brown offense ranked No. 9 nationally in passing (280.4 ypg.)
• Senior wide receiver Bryan Walters needs 22 yards to move into second place on the Ivy League's career all-purpose yardage list and would set Cornell's new mark by surpassing Chad Levitt's mark of 5,117.
• Senior wide receiver Stephen Liuzza has 889 rushing yard and needs 111 yards to become the 29th player in Big Red history to reach 1,000 for his career.
• With 879 career punt return yards, senior wide receiver Bryan Walters is 23 yards away from matching the Ivy League record of 902 set by Penn's Mark Fabish 13 years ago.
• The Big Red has never lost three consecutive home games under head coach Jim Knowles, who has a 19-10 record at Schoellkopf Field.

PLAYER NOTES VS. FORDHAM:
• Senior wide receiver Bryan Walters piled up 338 all-purpose yards, the second-most yards in a game in Cornell history (395 by Scott Oliaro at Yale in 1990), the fourth-best in Ivy history and the most yards in a game by any Football Championship Subdivision player this year.
• Walters' performance also moved him to second place in Cornell history and fourth in Ivy history in all-purpose yardage, surpassing the 5,000-yard mark and ending with 5,096.
• His 178 receiving yards were a career-high and were the second-most in Cornell history in a game (204 for Joe Splendorio at Brown in 1999).
• Senior running back Randy Barbour became the 28th player in Cornell history to surpass 1,000 career yards rushing with a 50-yard day.
• Senior linebacker Chris Costello forced two fumbles, had four tackles for loss and 14 total tackles.
• Senior wide receiver Stephen Liuzza ran for a career-high 166 yards and two touchdowns and had a pair of 50-yard runs.
• Sophomore Rashad Campbell registered his second career interception.
• Junior Marcus Hendren had a career-best 62 rushing yards.
• Sophomore Shane Savage set career-highs with eight catches for 90 yards.
• Sophomore quarterback Adam Currie had 207 passing yards and a touchdown in his first career varsity appearance and start.



CORNELL FOOTBALL ON YOUTUBE: Catch Cornell athletics on YouTube, with highlights, feature stories and interviews with players and coaches all season long. Log on to www.youtube.com/cornellathletics. 

LIVE AND IN YOUR HOME: You can see live streaming video of each of the Big Red's five home games courtesy of Cornell athletics and IBN Sports. Visit www.CornellBigRed.com or www.IBNSports.com for more information. For subscription information for Cornell's other sports through the Redcast subscription service, visit Cornell's web site, www.CornellBigRed.com. 

WHAT'S THE FREQUENCY?: All of the Big Red's football games in 2009 are carried live on WHCU (870 AM) in the Ithaca area and on the internet at www.CornellBigRed.com. Barry Leonard returns for his 12th season in the booth and 10th season in the play-by-play chair, while Buck Briggs '76 is back to provide the color commentary for a ninth season. Special guests will also make appearances throughout the year. 

GET SIRIUS: The Cornell football team will make three live appearances on SIRIUS Satellite Radio during the 2009. SIRIUS Satellite Radio has been the national radio home for Ivy football and men's basketball since 2005. SIRIUS will once again broadcast the Ivy League 'Game of the Week' during the 2009-10 season with a 12-game broadcast schedule for football. All games will be broadcast on Sirius 130. Big Red fans and SIRIUS subscribers will find contests at Yale (Sept. 26) and at home against Brown (Oct. 24) and Columbia (Nov. 14) on the satellite provider.

LIVE STATS: If you can't make it to Schoellkopf Field, you can follow the Big Red live on the internet with Live Stats. Just follow the link on www.CornellBigRed.com for official stats updated in real-time for each of the Big Red's home games. 

UP NEXT: The Big Red hits the road for three of the final four weeks of the season starting at Princeton on Saturday, Nov. 7 at 1 p.m.