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HANOVER, N.H. -- Dartmouth raced out to a 21-0 halftime lead and never looked back, closing out a 34-6 win over Cornell on Saturday evening at Memorial Field. The Big Green improved to 4-4 (3-2 Ivy), while the Big Red slipped to 1-7 (0-5 Ivy).

Cornell senior quarterback Jeff Mathews completed 16-of-32 passes for 170 yards and threw for one touchdown with one interception. Classmate Grant Gellatly had seven catches for 58 yards and his eighth touchdown (seventh receiving TD) of the year.

Defensively, Cornell made enough plays to stay in the game, collecting a season-best 11 tackles for loss with a pair of sacks. Brian Gee and Brett Buehler had 14 tackles apiece, with Buehler making a pair of tackles for loss and a sack. Senior Tre' Minor added nine tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss, while Taylor Betros had nine stops with two tackles behind the line of scrimmage. Minor shared a sack with senior classmate Kevin Marchand, who had seven total tackles.

Freshman punter Chris Fraser averaged 43.7 yards on his sevent punts with three downed inside the Dartmouth 20. Fellow rookies Luis Uceta (112 kickoff return yards) and Jackson Weber (eight tackles) also had strong afternoons.

The Big Green controlled the clock with its run game, posting 291 yards on the ground. Kyle Bramble had a game-high 110 yards, while Dalyn Williams had 96 yards on the ground and completed 16-of-24 passes for 156 yards and a touchdown. Dominick Pierre scored twice on the ground and Alex Park also threw a touchdown. Both Dana Barbaro and Bo Patterson came down with scoring catches. THe home team's defense limited Cornell to 216 total yards with four total sacks.

Dartmouth controlled the first 30 minutes, though it was a jump ball in the end zone on the final play of the first half that put the Big Red in the three touchdown hole at halftime. Williams, who ran for 85 yards in the first half, connected with Bo Patterson as the clock hit zero after he was flushed out of the pocket 25 yards away. Pierre also found the end zone twice to cap 11-play drives of 85 and 67 yards to get the home team ahead.

While the Big Green piled up 366 yards in the first half, Cornell couldn't get things going offensively. The Big Red had 83 yards at the break, with Mathews completing 5-of-10 passes for 47 yards. He jumped into the top 25 all-time in FCS history in terms of passing yards in the first half, but several untimely drops did in drives. Hagy ran eight times for 30 yards as the Big Red worked at establishing the run game early.

Freshman punter Chris Fraser continued to be a bright spot, averaging 44.0 yards on his five punts and pinning Dartmouth inside its own 20 three times. Minor also was a shining star on the defensive end with five tackles, including three for a loss, and a pass breakup in the end zone m fourth down to end a potential Dartmouth scoring drive.

Cornell's defense stiffened after halftime, forcing consecutive punts and a pair of field goals, including one defending a short field, but the offense couldn't sustain drives and the Big Green built its lead to 27-0 before the Big Red got on the scoreboard with an impressive 11-play, 63-yard touchdown drive that ended with Mathews hitting Gellatly from eight yards out. Cornell only got the ball back once more after scoring with 10:11 to play as part of a day it held the ball for 38:19 of the 60-minute game.

The Big Red will close out the home portion of the 2013 season when it returns home next weekend for Senior Day and the Empire State Bowl game against Columbia on Saturday, Nov. 16 at Schoellkopf Field. Kickoff will be at 1 p.m. for a game that will be televised by Fox College Sports.