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GAME INFORMATION
Game #5: Brown at Cornell
Date: Saturday, Oct. 26, at 12:30 p.m.
Site: Schoellkopf Field (25,597), Ithaca, N.Y.
2013 Records: Brown (3-2, 0-2 Ivy); Cornell (1-4, 0-2 Ivy)
Series Record: Brown leads 33-26-1
Last Meeting: Brown won 21-14, Oct. 20, 2012, in Providence, R.I.
Television: None
Radio: WHCU 870 AM, Barry Leonard (play-by-play), Buck Briggs (color)
Live Video: Available at www.IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com
Live Stats: Available at www.CornellBigRed.com
Tickets: Available by calling (607) 254-BEAR or online here

HEAD COACH DAVID ARCHER '05
David Archer '05, the Roger J. Weiss '61 Head Coach of Cornell Football, is in his first season at the helm of the Big Red (1-4 overall,.200; 0-2, Ivy, .000) ... Archer is the youngest Division I head football coach in the country ... he had been an assistant coach/recruiting coordinator at his alma mater for six years ... Archer was hired as head coach on Jan. 3, 2013.

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STORY LINES
• The Cornell football team will be looking to snap its four-game losing streak as it begins its second half of the 2013 season when Brown visits Schoellkopf Field on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 12:30 p.m.
• The game will be broadcast live on WHCU 870 AM with Barry Leonard and Buck Briggs on the radio call.
• A matchup between the Ivy League's top two passers, Cornell's Jeff Mathews and Brown's Patrick Donnelly, is on the docket. Donnelly ranks second in passing average in the circuit at 218.2 yards per game, a total that is 115.2 yards per game fewer than Mathews at the top at 333.4.
• The contest will also feature two of the league's top receivers in Cornell's Grant Gellatly (43 receptions, 542 yards, 3 touchdowns) and Brown's Tellef Lundevall (35 receptions, 381 yards, 1 touchdown).
• Both teams enter the contest after losses, with the Big Red losing its final non-conference game of the season (48-23 at Monmouth) and the Bears dropping a 39-17 contest at home to Princeton.
• The Big Red rallied from a 17-0 deficit with a late flurry at the end of the first half to get within 17-16, but fumbled the opening kickoff of the second half and weren't able to get back in the game.
• Brown did nearly the opposite, jumping out to a 17-0 lead at home before Princeton scored 39 straight to end the game.
• The Tigers rang up 556 yards of offense and overcame a 100-yard rushing effort by senior John Spooney, who scored on a 71-yard run and averaged 11.4 yards per carry.
• Spooney, a three-time Heptagonal champion in the 100 meters for the Brown track team, ranks third in the Ivy League in rushing at 92.2 yards per game despite averaging just 11.6 carries per game. He averages 8.7 yards per carry and had seven touchdowns on the ground in just five contests.
• Brown has been balanced all season, ranking third in the conference in scoring offense (31.4 ppg.) and second in scoring defense (23.0 ppg.).
• The last time the two teams met, Jordan Reisner ran for 193 yards and two touchdowns as Brown held on for a 21-14 win over Cornell at Brown Stadium.
• Mathews completed 31-of-58 passes for 357 yards and a touchdown, but was intercepted three times.
• Trailing 21-7 in the fourth, Mathews led the Big Red on a 60-yard touchdown drive, finding Ondash on a fourth-and-goal from the 4 on a slant pattern.
• Cornell got the ball with less than three minutes  to go and 80 yards needed for the tying touchdown, Mathews hit Gellatly for a 12-yard gain on a crossing pattern. His next three passes, two with pressure in his face, fell incomplete. His fourth-and-10 effort to keep the game alive was intercepted to end the comeback and the game.
• Brown head coach Phil Estes runs one of the most successful and consistent programs in the Ivy League. He has directed the program to three Ancient Eight crowns and four runner-up finishes in his 16 seasons leading the program.
• It will be the 61st meeting between the programs with Brown holding a 33-26-1 advantage.
• Brown has won 10 of the last 12 meetings, with Cornell last earning a win in 2007, an exciting 38-31 overtime victory at Schoellkopf Field.
• The Bears have won five straight over the Big Red since.

ABOUT BROWN
• After jumping out to a 17-0 home lead at home against Princeton, the Tigers responded by scoring 39 consecutive points to drop the Bears to 3-2 (0-2 Ivy).
• Brown went 3-0 in non-league action with wins over Georgetown, Rhode Island and Bryant.
• Senior John Spooney, a three-time Heptagonal champion in the 100 meters for the Brown track team, ranks third in the Ivy League in rushing at 92.2 yards per game despite averaging just 11.6 carries per game. He averages 8.7 yards per carry and had seven touchdowns on the ground in just five contests.
• Senior defensive end Michael Yules ranks second in the Ivy League in sacks (5.0), while senior defensive back Emory Polley leads the team with two interceptions and three pass breakups.
• Brown has been balanced all season, ranking third in the conference in scoring offense (31.4 ppg.) and second in scoring defense (23.0 ppg.).
• It will be the 61st meeting between the programs with Brown holding a 33-26-1 advantage.
• Brown has won 10 of the last 12 meetings, with Cornell last earning a win in 2007, an exciting 38-31 overtime victory at Schoellkopf Field. The Bears have won five straight over the Big Red since.
• Brown head coach Phil Estes runs one of the most successful and consistent programs in the Ivy League. He has directed the program to three Ancient Eight crowns and four runner-up finishes in his 16 seasons leading the program.

A WIN OVER BROWN WOULD ...
• improve Cornell's record to 2-4.
• snap a four-game skid overall.
• end a five-game losing streak against Brown.
• be the 629th in program history (12th-most in the Football Championship Subdivision).

THE CORNELL-BROWN SERIES
• This will be the 61st meeting between Cornell and Brown, with the Bears holding a 33-26-1 advantage.
• The two teams first met in 1895, a 6-4 Cornell win.
• Brown has won 10 of the last 12 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 21-14 in Providence, R.I.

THE LAST TIME OUT
•  Monmouth outscored Cornell 31-7 after halftime and cruised to a 48-23 victory over the Big Red in front of a Homecoming crowd of 4,553 at Kessler Field.
• Senior quarterback Jeff Mathews completed 13-of-29 passes for 223 yards and two touchdowns while also running for a score. He was also intercepted once.
• Mathews set yet another Ivy League record, this one for career completions. He ended the day with 798, nine more than Brown's James Perry.
• Junior Lucas Shapiro caught a touchdown in his fourth straight game as part of a three-catch, 75-yard afternoon.
• Grant Gellatly found the end zone and had five catches for 86 yards.
• Gellatly's 100 all-purpose yards helped him become the 10th Cornell player to surpass 3,000 yards for a career.
• Brett Buehler made a game-high 10 tackles and was in with freshman Jackson Weber on a sack, while Tre' Minor had 1.5 tackles for loss.
• Twan Terrell, who had a career-high eight tackles, and Matt Smith blocked a punt. That marked the first time Cornell blocked two punts in a game since Zack Imhoff and Chris Murray each blocked kicks against Wagner in 2011.
• The Big Red's only consistent success came on special teams, where it averaged 24.0 yards per return on kickoffs, averaged 46.2 yards per punt and blocked a pair of punts. Another Monmouth punt was snapped over the kicker's head and went through the end zone for a safety to start Cornell's comeback.
• Monmouth's Brandon Hill completed 20-of-32 passes for 308 yards and four touchdowns, while K.B. Asante ran for 171 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries.
• Lamar Davenport caught four passes for 102 yards and a touchdown, while Neal Sterling, Mike McLafferty and Thaddeus Richards also caught touchdown passes.
• Monmouth outgained the Big Red 512-290 and held a decisive 37:02-22:58 time of possession lead.

NOTES TO KNOW
• Senior quarterback Jeff Mathews enters the game needing two passing yards to become the first Ivy league quarterback to surpass 10,000 yards for his career.
• Mathews is on the verge of breaking a 14th Ivy League record to go along with his 42 Cornell records. He enters the contest with 6,764 yards of total offense in Ivy games and needs 29 yards to surpass James Perry of Brown with 6,792 yards.
• Another record is also career passing attempts, and he needs 28 to surpass Perry. He enters the game with 1,282 passes, just shy of Perry's 1,309.
• Mathews is also 12 touchdown passes from matching Perry's record of 74. He has five games remaining.
• Senior wide receiver Grant Gellatly is 196 receiving yards from becoming the seventh player in school history to register 2,000 career yards.
• Gellatly would move into third all-time at Cornell in 100-yard receiving games if he hits that milestone. He currently has seven.
• Gellatly became the 10th player in Big Red history to surpass 3,000 career all-purpose yards with his 100 yards against Monmouth. He moved into eighth place on the school's all-time list, surpassing Big Red legends Pete Larson '67 and Luke Tasker '13 (3,041).
• Senior linebacker Brett Buehler has 195 career tackles and needs five more to surpass the 200-tackle mark.

IVY LEAGUE DIGITAL NETWORK
• The 2013-14 season will be the inaugural year of the Ivy League Digital Network.
• With the exception of the Nov. 9 game at Dartmouth, which will be televised nationally on NBC Sports Network, and the Nov. 16 contest vs. Columbia on Fox College Sports, all of Cornell's games will be available on the network this season.
• All Ivy League contests, both home and away, will be in high definition and feature increased production values, including replay and other features.
• The subscription-based service can be accessed on CornellBigRed.com or through www.IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com.

NEXT UP
• Cornell will play three of its final four games of the season on the road beginning with a trip to Princeton on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 1 p.m.
• John Wells, who earlier in the day had missed both a field goal and an extra-point kick that looked like it might be the difference in the game late into the fourth quarter, drilled a 23-yard attempt with 50 seconds left to give Cornell a 37-35 shootout victory over Princeton on Oct. 27, 2012 at Schoellkopf Field.
• Mathews posted his third career 500-yard passing game and threw four touchdowns without a turnover, a stat that proved to be decisive as Princeton committed four on the day, including to end each of its final two drives in the fourth quarter.
• Luke Tasker posted his second 200-yard receiving day in three weeks with 10 catches for 201 yards and two scores, while junior Grant Gellatly hauled in 12 passes for a career-high 215 yards and a 76-yard touchdown.