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ITHACA, N.Y. – Brown scored two touchdowns in a span of 15 seconds midway through the third quarter to take a lead it would not relinquish as it went to defeat Cornell, 34-14, this afternoon at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, N.Y.



Cornell (2-4, 1-2) used the quarterback of duo of Stephen Liuzza and Ben Ganter, who combined for 225 yards through the air, with Liuzza connecting on 10-of-13 attempts for 124 yards, while Ganter completed 10-of-20 and threw two interceptions. The Big Red rushing attack was held to just 39 yards, with Randy Barbour gaining 25 on seven carries. Once again, Bryan Walters led the team in all-purpose yards with 105 yards receiving on seven catches to go along with 11 punt return yards and 21 kickoff return yards.

Defensively, Cornell was led by Anthony Ambrosi, who returned a fumble 26 yards for a touchdown and led the team with 11 solo tackles and one tackle assist. Brandon Lainhart also scored for the Big Red, returning an interception 24 yards for the touchdown, while chipping in six solo tackles and one tackle assist. Chris Costello finished the day with seven solo tackles, one tackle assist and one blocked kick

Brown was led by quarterback Kyle Newhall, who completed 26-of-40 passes with two touchdowns and two interceptions for 338 yards. Newhall's favorite target was Buddy Farnham with nine catches for 207 yards and both touchdowns. On the ground, Zachary Tronti was a workhorse with 26 carries for 134 yards and three touchdowns. 

The defense's ballhawking paid off when Dempsey Quinn hit the Brown quarterback to force a fumble, and Anthony Ambrosi picked it up at the 26 and raced home to the end zone for his second defensive touchdown of the season. Greenway's conversion kick made it 7-0 with 2:45 left in the quarter. 

After forcing a Brown punt, the Big Red offense went to work. A 15-yard run by Liuzza and a completion to Walters to convert a third-and-12 to open the second quarter highlighted the drive, but a personal foul penalty stalled the drive and forced a Big Red punt.

A wide open Buddy Farnham used a breakdown in the secondary to catch an easy 48-yard score a the 9:48 mark fo the second quarter, with Drew Plichta's kick knotting the game at 7-7.

The Big Red went into the break tied thanks to a last-second field goal block by Chris Costello of a 25-yard attempt by Patrick Rooney, third blocked kick by the Big Red in the past two games.

Newhall-Caballaro completed 17-of-26 passes for 215 yards in the first 30 minutes, with Farnham hauling in seven passes for 142 yards and the long touchdown. 

After punts by each team to open the second half, a full-out blitz by the Big Red put Newhall-Caballaro on his heels and his looping pass over the rush was picked off by Brandon Lainhart. The junior took his first career interception back for a 24-yard touchdown to make it 14-7 after Greenway's kick with 11:09 left in the quarter.

From there, Brown slowly and methodically took control, but only after a frantic 15 seconds put the Bears in the lead.

The Bears' ensuing possession ended in a fake punt attempt by the visitors, but Cornell  sniffed it out and stopped Tronti seven yards short of the first down to take over. A 27-yard gainer from Ganter to Walters with the senior making a magnificent catch on the right sideline set up a 48-yard field goal attempt by Brad Greenway. The junior's kick was long enough, but went wide left to give Brown the ball back. A three short gainers, Newhall-Caballaro found Farnham on another secondary lapse all alone, this time for 56 yards and the score. The extra point knotted the game at 14-14 with 5:55 left.

From there, it started to unravel. After Cornell took over at its own 40 when Brown's kickoff went out of bounds. The Big Red was called for a delay of game penalty, pushing the team back five yards. On the first snap of the possession, Ganter's pass was tipped and picked off by James Develin, who rumbled down to the 6. An unsportsmanlike penalty on the Big Red after the play moved it to the 3, and Tronti found the end zone from the 3 with 5:40 left to give Brown the lead for good.

The Bears would score on each of their next two possessions on running touchdowns by Tronti, giving Brown four consecutive scoring drives. The Bears' final possession would come after Ganter's second interception of the game with under three minutes to play, and the visitor's ran out the clock.

Cornell will attempt to get back on the winning track when it faces Princeton on Saturday, Oct. 31 in a Halloween matinee at Princeton Stadium.