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GAME INFORMATION
Game #6: Cornell at Brown
Kickoff: Saturday, Oct. 23, at 12:30 p.m. ET
Site: Brown Stadium (20,000), Providence, R.I.
2010 Records: Cornell (1-4, 0-2 Ivy); Brown (3-2, 2-0 Ivy)
Series Record: Brown leads 30-26-1
Last Meeting: Colgate won 45-23, Oct. 24, 2009, in Ithaca, N.Y.
Radio: WHCU 870 AM, Barry Leonard (play-by-play), Buck Briggs (color)
Live Stats: Available at www.BrownBears.com
Live Video: Available at www.BrownBears.com
Tickets: Available by calling (607) 254-BEAR

HEAD COACH KENT AUSTIN
Kent  Austin, the Roger J. Weiss '61 Head Coach of Football, is in his first season at the helm of the Big Red (1-4 overall, .250; 0-2 Ivy, .000) ... Austin has won CFL Grey Cups as a player, assistant coach and head coach ... most recently the offensive coordinator at his alma mater, Ole Miss, Austin was hired as head coach on Jan. 27, 2010.

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ITHACA, N.Y. — As the Cornell football team gets the ship turned around, the Big Red will face many important games. Cornell will attempt to take a step forward after a tough loss to a Central New York rival when it meets perennial Ivy League contender Brown on Saturday, Oct. 23, at 12:30 p.m. at Brown Stadium. You can listen to the game locally on WHCU 870 AM with Barry Leonard and Buck Briggs on the call, or through the Cornell RedCast subscription service.

The Big Red suffered its biggest loss since 2003 (a 59-7 loss at Penn in the season finale) in a 44-3 defeat at the hands of Colgate last Saturday at Schoellkopf Field, but with a young roster, the question head coach Kent Austin will put forth to its team is easy — how do you respond? With exactly half of its 44-man two-deep roster being made up of freshmen or sophomores, every game is a new learning experience.

Cornell was gashed by the Colgate running game, which picked up 440 rushing yards, the most ever against a Big Red defense. The Raiders scored six times on the ground, with Nate Eachus and Greg Sullivan each finding the end zone three times, and all six of the touchdowns were from at least 10 yards out. Playing without three starters, the defense got 10 tackles from junior Zack Imhoff and nine more from sophomore Andrew Brown. Freshman Brett Buehler added seven stops and senior Andy Wade broke up a pair of passes.

Special teams again were the strength, as seniors Drew Alston and Brad Greenway led the way. Despite a fierce wind, Alston averaged and netted 38.8 yards on his 10 punts. Greenway made his only kick count, booting a 36-yard field goal for the team's only points to reach 99 for his career.  Cornell's effort never dissipated, as the Big Red blocked a pair of kicks in the contest, as junior Mike Spooner got his hands on an extra-point and freshman Kevin Marchand blocked a punt. Additionally, junior Rashad Campbell had an outstanding day as a kick returner, averaging better than 23 yards on jus seven attempts.

The offense couldn't get anything going against a swarming Raiders' defense that totalled seven sacks and limited the Big Red to 124 total yards. Freshman tailback Grant Gellatly was impressive with his 46 rushing yards on 11 carries, while Luke Tasker caught three passes for 57 yards in the loss. Freshman quarterback Jeff Mathews was under constant pressure and finished the game 11-of-25 for 92 yards in the air.

Brown snapped a two-game skid by rallying from a 13-0 halftime deficit last weekend at Princeton for a 17-13 victory. The Bears are a perfect 2-0 in Ivy play and will be looking to extend Cornell's eight-game Ivy League losing skid. Despite losing All-Ivy quarterback Kyle Newhall-Caballero, the Bears still feature an offense that averages better than 23 points per game.

A WIN OVER BROWN WOULD:
• be the first Ivy League win for head coach Kent Austin at Cornell (0-2).
• even Cornell's road record at 2-2 in 2010.
• snap a two-game losing streak overall and against Brown.
• be the first Cornell win at Brown since 2002.
• be the 618th in program history (10th most in the Football Championship Subdivision).

THE CORNELL-BROWN SERIES: (Brown leads 30-26-1) This will be the 58th meeting between Cornell and Brown, with the Bears holding a slim 30-26-1 advantage. The two teams first met in 1895, a 6-4 Cornell win. Brown has won seven of the last nine meetings, with Cornell's last win coming in 2007, an exciting 38-31 overtime win at Schoellkopf Field. The Bears won last year's contest 34-14 in Ithaca.

REVIEWING LAST YEAR'S GAME VS. BROWN (Oct. 24, 2009 in 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, at Schoellkopf Field. Cornell 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. 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. Brown was led by quarterback Kyle Newhall, who completed 26-of-40 passes for 338 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. 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.

INTERESTING NOTES FROM THE 2009 MEETING VS. BROWN:
• Wide receiver Bryan Walters piled up 137 all-purpose yards to set a Cornell record and move into second place all-time in Ivy League history with his 5,233 yards.
• Walters' 105 receiving yards gave him two straight 100-yard games, while his 283 receiving yards in consecutive games is the third-highest total in school history (317 by Eric Krawczyk - Dartmouth, 146; Colgate, 171 in 1997 and 287 by Joe Splendorio - Brown, 204; Harvard, 83 in 1999) .
• Wide receiver Shane Savage matched his career high of eight catches set the previous weekend against Brown.
• Punter Drew Alston pinned four of his seven punts inside Brown's 20-yard line.
• The Big Red scored a pair of defensive touchdowns (26-yard fumble return by Anthony Ambrosi and a 24-yard INT return by Brandon Lainhart), the first time the Big Red has had multiple defensive touchdowns in the same game this decade.
• Ben Heller recorded his third interception of the year, becoming the first Big Red player to have at least three in a season since Colin Nash also had three in 2006.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR:
• Cornell and Brown will be meeting for the 58th time on the gridiron with Brown leading the all-time series 30-26-1.
• The Big Red is out to snap an eight-game Ivy League losing streak and a four-game conference road skid.

NOTING THE COLGATE GAME:
• Cornell surrendered 440 rushing yards, setting a school record for yards allowed (previous, Yale, 415 yards in 2002).
• Junior Zak Murdock made his first varsity appearance and posted three tackles and one for loss.
• Senior punter Drew Alston had 10 punts, his second straight contest with double figure kicks
• Senior defensive back Andy Wade broke up a pair of passes.
• Senior place-kicker Brad Greenway accounted for the team's only points with a 36-yard field goal, moving him to within one point of 100 for his career.
• The Big Red defense allowed just 63 passing yards against Colgate, the fewest since surrendering 22 yards against Penn during the 2008 season.

TEAM NOTES THROUGH WEEK 5:
• The Big Red has scored on 81 percent of its chances in the red zone (9-of-11) and has scored seven touchdowns in the 11 trips (64 percent).
• In its last two games, Cornell has been out-rushed 754-101 yards.
• Cornell is a perfect 4-for-4 scoring in the red zone in Ivy play (three touchdowns, one field goal).
• Through four games, Cornell has called 53 percent rushing plays (159) and 47 percent passing plays (143).
• The Big Red has been outscored 98-20 in the middle two quarters (second and third) of games this season.
• In the last three games, Cornell's pass defense has allowed just 254 yards (5.4 yards per attempt).
• Cornell has garnered less than 200 yards of total offense in each of its last two games and five times in the last two years. The Big Red had just seven games of under 200 yards of offense in the previous 14 years.
• The Big Red has already blocked four kicks in 2010 after blocking just three total in 2009 and four in 2008.

PLAYER NOTES THROUGH WEEK 5:
• Senior Emani Fenton has three interceptions in two Ivy League contests.
• Senior linebacker Brandon Lainhart has also been outstanding in Ivy League play with 25 tackles and a pair of sacks.
• Cornell's leading receiver (Shane Savage - 235 yards) has more yards from scrimmage than the team's leading rusher (Nick Booker-Tandy - 192 yards). This would be the fourth straight year that occurrence has happened.
• In Ivy play, junior Shane Savage has 14 receptions for 135 yards, twice as many catches as the second-leading receiver in Ivy play (Nick Booker-Tandy with seven receptions).
• Senior Brad Greenway is 2-for-2 on field goals and has averaged kickoffs to the 2-yard line (67.8 yards/kickoff) over the last two games with a pair of touchbacks (six kickoffs).

UP NEXT: The Big Red returns home for three of its final four games starting next weekend when it hosts Princeton on Saturday, Oct. 30 at 12:30 p.m. at Schoellkopf Field.