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GAME INFORMATION
Game #6: Cornell at Brown
Date: Saturday, Oct. 25, at 12:30 p.m.
Site: Brown Stadium (20,000), Providence, R.I.
2014 Records: Cornell (0-5, 0-2 Ivy); Brown (2-3, 0-2 Ivy)
Series Record: Brown leads the series 34-26-1
Last Meeting: Brown won 42-35, Oct. 26, 2013, in Ithaca, N.Y.
Television: None
Radio: WHCU 870 AM, Barry Leonard (play-by-play), Phil Mahoney (color)
Live Video: www.IvyLeagueDigitalNetwork.com
Live Stats: 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 second season at the helm of the Big Red (3-12 overall,.200; 2-7, Ivy, .222) ... 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 Big Red football team hits the road looking for its first win of 2014 when it visits Brown on Saturday, Oct. 25 at 12:30 p.m. at Brown Stadium in Providence, R.I.
• The game will be broadcast live on the Ivy League Digital Network, while Barry Leonard and Phil Mahoney '91 will have the radio call on WHCU 870 AM.
• Cornell is coming off a 31-14 Homecoming loss to Lehigh, a game in which the Big Red fell behind 17-0, got back within 17-14 midway through the fourth before giving up a pair of late touchdowns.
• The Big Red showed unbelievable resilience as one of the nation's youngest teams this past weekend. All 27 rushes and each of the 44 passes by the Big Red were attempted by freshmen. In all, 15 of the team's 17 receptions were by first or second year players and the top three tacklers were either freshmen or sophomores.
• Cornell's defense has shown significant improvement over the first five games from last season, lowering its points per game allowed (34.8-30.6), first downs per game (24.2-21.2), passing yardage per game (266.2-216.4), total yards allowed per game (467.2-433.6) and third down conversion percentage (54 percent-40 percent), while sacks (7-11) and tackles for losses (12-26) are way up.
• Sophomore middle linebacker Miles Norris continues to be one of the conference's top impact defenders, ranking second in the Ivy League in tackles (10.2 per game) and sacks per game (0.9). He is coming off a 10-tackle performance with 1.5 sacks against Lehigh.
• Freshman strong safety Nick Gesualdi took home his second Ancient Eight Rookie of the Week honor after posting eight tackles with a pair for a loss against Lehigh. He ranks fourth on the team with 30 stops.
• The Big Red is looking to get healthy during its final stretch of five consecutive Ivy League contests, including three at home.
• In Cornell's loss to the Mountain Hawks, the Big Red played without four season opening starters on offense, including quarterback James Few and the running back tandem of Luke Hagy and Ahmad Avery, as well as three on defense.
• Sophomore punter Chris Fraser continues to be one of the nation's top special teams players. He averaged 44.1 yards per punt on nine kicks, downing two inside the 20 and allowing just 18 return yards. He ranks second in the conference in attempts (33), yards (1361) and average (41.2) and has the longest punt of the season (72 yards).
• Cornell is out to snap a six-game losing streak against Brown and win in Providence for the first time since 2002.
• The Bears are 2-3 on the year (0-2 Ivy) after last weekend's 27-16 defeat at the hands of Princeton.
• Brown and head coach Phil Estes have consistently finished in the upper half of the Ivy League standings during his tenure (14 of 16 seasons), with three Ivy titles since 1999 and top three finishes in six of the last seven campaigns.

ABOUT BROWN
• Brown is 2-3 this season after dropping a 27-16 contest last weekend at Princeton, snapping its two-game win streak.
• The Bears took to the air to try and upset the defending Ivy champion Tigers, as quarterback Marcus Fuller attempted a career-high 71 passes (29-of-71) while throwing for 454 yards and a touchdown. He also threw two interceptions.
• Brown opened the season with consecutive losses to Georgetown and Harvard, then won consecutive games against Rhode Island and Holy Cross.
• Fuller has been under center all season for Brown, completing 51 percent of his passes while throwing for 1,303 yards and five touchdowns with five interceptions.
• Andrew Coke is the team's leading rusher with 285 yards and a pair of scores. Brian Strachan is the top receiver with 29 catches for 325 yards and four scores.
• Defensively, Xavier Russo paces the team with 41 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss. The defense is surrendering just 375.6 yards and 20.6 points per game.
• Head coach Phil Estes is in his 17th season on the Brown sidelines and sports a 100-64 career record with three Ivy League titles (1999, 2005, 2008).

THE CORNELL-BROWN SERIES
• This will be the 62nd meeting between Cornell and Brown, with the Bears holding a 34-26-1 advantage.
• The two teams first met in 1895, a 6-4 Cornell win.
• Brown has won 11 of the last 13 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 42-35 in Ithaca, N.Y. despite 419 passing yards and four touchdowns from Jeff Mathews.

A WIN OVER BROWN WOULD ...
• give the Big Red its first win of 2014.
• snap a season-opening five-game skid.
• narrow the gap in Brown's series lead to 34-27-1 and snap a six-game skid against the Bears.
• be the first over Brown in Providence, R.I., since 2002, a 10-7 overtime victory.
• be the 631st in program history (12th-most in the Football Championship Subdivision).

THE LAST TIME OUT (Lehigh 31, Cornell 17 - Oct. 18, 2014 at Schoellkopf Field, Ithaca, N.Y.)
• Lehigh scored a pair of touchdowns in a span of nine seconds in the first quarter, then held off the Big Red's second-half surge for a 31-14 victory at Schoellkopf Field.
• The Big Red had a number of young players contribute, as each of the team's 44 passes were thrown by freshmen, each of the 27 carries were by first-year players and 15 of 17 catches were by freshmen or sophomores.
• Cornell's three leading tacklers on defense were either also freshmen or sophomores.
• Sophomore wide receiver Collin Shaw reeled in four catches for 119 yards, including one touchdown, in his first career 100-yard game.
• Freshman running back Josh Sweet gained 53 yards on 11 carries for the Big Red, while classmate Demetrius Daltirus carried 11 times for 46 yards.
• Junior tight end Matt Doneth hauled in his first career scoring catch as well in the loss with a 2-yard touchdown catch that brought the home team back within 17-14 midway through the fourth.
• Defensively, sophomore Miles Norris had 10 tackles and 1.5 sacks, while freshman Nick Gesualdi (eight tackles, 2.0 tackles for loss), sophomore Jackson Weber (eight tackles) and senior Rush Imhotep (eight tackles, one pass breakup) were at the top of the tackles chart.
• Jonathan Ford had a pair of tackles for loss and a sack as the Big Red posted nine total tackles for loss and four sacks on the afternoon.
• Sophomore punter Chris Fraser had a solid effort, averaging 44.1 yards on nine punts with two pinned inside the 20.
• Lehigh tailback Rich Sodeke carried 23 times for 147 yards and a touchdown in the win.
• Quarterback Nick Shafnisky ran for two touchdowns and passed for 206 total yards.
 
NOTES TO KNOW
• Sophomore Collin Shaw had his first career 100-yard receiving game against Lehigh with four catches for 119 yards, the most yards by a sophomore since Keith Ferguson '03 had 164 vs. Princeton in 2010.
• Freshman Nick Gesualdi has recorded 30 tackles, the most by a freshman defensive back at Cornell since Jarrod Watson-Lewis had 62 in 2012.
• In Cornell's loss to Lehigh, all 27 rushes and all 44 passes were attempted by freshmen. In all, 15 of the team's 17 receptions were by first or second year players and the top three tacklers were either freshmen or sophomores.
• Freshmen Josh Sweet (11 carries, 53 yards) and Demetrius Daltirus (11 carries, 46 yards) each had career highs in rushing attempts and yards.
• Freshman quarterback Kyle Gallagher threw his first career touchdown pass against the Mountain Hawks, a 2-yarder to junior Matt Doneth. The touchdown catch was the first of Doneth's career.
• Sophomore Chris Fraser has averaged at least 40 yards per punt in four of the team's five games and at least 42.5 yards in three of the five games.
• The Big Red defense held Harvard scoreless in the first half, the first time the high-powered Crimson offense was held scoreless in a half since 2010.
• Cornell forced five turnovers against Harvard, the most by a Big Red defense since forcing six against Bucknell in the 2013 opener.
• Senior Rush Imhotep surpassed 100 career tackles with seven against the Crimson. He has since increased the total to 111 and ranks third among active players on the team behind junior Jarrod Watson-Lewis (130) and senior Taylor Betros (126).
• Sophomore Miles Norris had a career-high 15 tackles against Harvard, the most by a Big Red player since Brett Buehler notched 18 last season in a game against Princeton. Norris had 15 total tackles during his freshman campaign.
• Cornell has had six Ivy League performers of the week in the first five weekends of the season, including four of five Rookie of the Week picks. Jake Jatis (Sept. 29, Oct. 13) and Nick Gesualdi (Oct. 6, Oct. 20) have each captured Rookie of the Week honors, while Chris Fraser (Oct. 6) has taken home Special Teams Player of the Week once. Rush Imhotep was named Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 13.
• Junior Luke Hagy is the 29th player in school history to reach 1,000 career rushing yards and the first to hit the century mark in both rushing and receiving at Cornell.
• Freshman quarterback Jake Jatis earned the start at Bucknell, becoming just the second rookie to start a game under center. He joins good company, as two-time All-American Jeff Mathews '14 - the Ivy League's all-time leading passer - started the final nine games of the 2010 campaign to become the first. Jatis has opened each of the last four games.
• Jatis was named Ivy League Rookie of the Week after his performance against the Bison, the first Cornell player honored with the award since Luke Hagy did it twice in 2012. Since then, Jatis won the award a second time and Nick Gesualdi has also taken home the honor twice.
• Senior receiver Lucas Shapiro is 128 yards shy of becoming the 21st player at Cornell to surpass 1,000 career receiving yards.
• Cornell has at least one passing touchdown in 21 consecutive games and 37 of its last 38 contests.
• The Big Red offense hasn't been shut out in 45 games, with the last coming against Penn (34-0 to close out 2009).
• The Big Red has been one of the least penalized teams in the country this year, ranking fifth nationally in both fewest penalties called against (30) and third in fewest penalty yards against (227).
• After having his first career punt returned for a 59-yard touchdown in 2013, Fraser's next 81 punts have been returned a total of 192 yards (32 return attempts, 6.0 yards per return).
• Cornell led the Ancient Eight in punting average (42.9) and net punting average (38.1) in 2013. The team's net punting average ranked 13th nationally.
• Senior John Wells has been outstanding on kickoffs in each of his last three seasons, averaging 60.7 yards with 50 touchbacks in 116 kickoffs (43 percent), not including on-sides kicks. He put 52 percent of his kickoffs through the back of the end zone (26-of-50) a season ago and started out strong this year with seven of his 14 kickoffs resulting in touchbacks.
• Wells booted a pair of PAT's against Lehigh. With 76 career points, he needs seven to join the top 10 for career kicking points.

NEXT UP
• The Big Red closes out the 2014 season with three of its final four games at home beginning with a matchup against reigning Ivy League champion Princeton on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 12:30 p.m. at Schoellkopf Field.
• Princeton leads the overall series 58-36-2 after last season's 53-20 defeat in New Jersey.