PRINCETON, N.J. -- Senior Luke Hagy posted yet another 100-yard rushing game and the Big Red defense dominated early, but a quick-strike Princeton offense eventually broke through as Cornell left points on the board early in a 47-21 Tiger victory on Saturday evening at Tiger Stadium. Cornell slipped to 0-7 (0-4 Ivy) with the loss, while Princeton improved to 5-2 (2-2 Ivy) in snapping a two-game skid.

Hagy piled up 128 rushing yards and a touchdown on 20 carries and caught two passes for 41 yards after missing much of the previous two weeks due to injury to lead an offense that piled up 444 yards. Senior Ben Rogers caught six passes for 96 yards and tallied 283 all-purpose yards on the day, the fourth-highest single-game total in school history. He had one touchdown catch, as did classmate Chris Lenz. Robert Somborn completed 22-of-39 passes for 279 yards and two scores as Big Red quarterbacks threw for a combined 320 yards. Defensively, Jackson Weber had eight tackles and Nick Gesualdi had seven stops and a pass breakup. Twan Terrell blocked a punt and senior classmate JJ Fives had 1.5 tackles for a loss.

Joe Rhattigan had 127 rushing yards and a touchdown on just 12 carries, while John Lovett had 92 yards on seven carries with a pair of touchdowns. Dre Nelson added a pair of touchdowns on opposite ends of the spectrum - a 1-yard run and a 100-yard kickoff return.

Cornell dominated the first quarter, but missed a pair of field goals, turned it over on downs after missing on a fourth-and-1 from the Princeton 24 and was intercepted on the Tiger 40. The Big Red defense surrendered just nine yards on Princeton's first three possessions - all three-and-outs - but the Tigers converted the fourth, embarking on a seven-play, 65-yard drive that ended with an 8-yard pass from Chad Kanoff to Scott Carpenter. Nolan Bieck hit a pair of field goals and both RJ Paige and Luke Catarius had interceptions.Princeton had 464 yards of offense, including 261 on the ground.

A fifth possession in Princeton territory ended without points as the Big Red turned it over on downs at the 24. Three plays later, Princeton led 14-0. A 43 yard run by Rhattigan, a 32-yard catch by Trevor Osborne and 61 seconds after getting the ball, Princeton's quick-strike offense led 14-0 after Lovett punched it in from 3 yards out.

The Big Red got right back in it with a crisp drive that ended with Somborn hitting Ben Rogers from 26 yards out for a touchdown with 55 seconds left to creep back to within 14-7 and under a minute to go before halftime. The scoring wasn't done, however, as Princeton marched right back down the field, running eight plays and marching 58 yards to head into the locker room after Nolan Bieck's 34-yard field goal at the horn to send the visitors into the break trailing by 10 points.

The teams traded scores to open the second half, Cornell's coming on a 1-yard run moments after Hagy rambled 44 yards into Princeton territory, moving within striking distance of his fourth 100-yard game of the season. He'd reach the milestone on the Big Red's next drive, but not until The Tigers had widened the gap more with an 11-play, 59-yard drive that ended with Lovett's second touchdown run of the game, this time from 1 yard out to make it 31-14. That was as close as the Big Red would get.

Chris Lenz caught a 6-yard touchdown from Somborn in the opening minutes of the fourth to get back within two touchdowns, but Dre Nelson, who scored Princeton's first touchdown of the second half, took the ensuing kickoff three yards deep in the end zone and took it all the way to the house, 100 yards for the backbreaker just 16 seconds later. Princeton added an insurance touchdown four minutes later to cap the scoring.

Notes to Know
• Senior Ben Rogers had 283 all-purpose yards, a mark that ranks fourth in a single game in Cornell history.
• Rogers surpassed 2,000 career all-purpose yards, ending the contest with 2,040 yards in his three varsity seasons.
• Over his last two games, Rogers has 11 catches for 205 yards and three touchdowns.
• He hit the 50-catch plateau for his career, ending the day with 51 career receptions.
• Senior Luke Hagy's 128 yard rushing day was his eight career 100-yard effort, good for sixth on the school's career list.
• Hagy added 41 receiving yards to add 169 all-purpose yards to his career total, now at 3,698, That moved him to sixth all-time at Cornell.
• His 41 receiving yards also pushed him into the top 10 at Cornell with 1,489 yards.
• Hagy moved within 11 receiving yards of becomign the first player in Ivy League history to surpass 2,000 rushing and 1,500 yards receiving in a career.
• WIth 2,129 rushing yards, he is now 27 yards behind former All-America Gary Wood '64 for sixth on the school's career rushing yardage list.
• Hagy's touchdown was the 25th of his career. His 150 career points is good for sixth at Cornell.
• His 16th rushing score ranks 12th in the Big Red record book.
• Junior quarterback Robert Somborn surpassed 2,500 passing yards for his career (2,591), becoming the 14th Big Red player to hit that mark.
• His two touchdown passes give him 19 for his career, a mark that sits tied for eighth all-time at Cornell.
• Cornell is now 10-9 all-time on Halloween and 0-4 against the Tigers.

Streaks
• Princeton extended its lead in the all-time series to 60-36-2 in the 98th meeting between the two programs.
• The Big Red's losing skid in the series stands at three games.
• Overall, Cornell has dropped eight straight contests.
• Cornell hasn't been shut out in 56 straight games.

Honoring the Gogolaks
• Kicking legends Pete '64 (Cornell) and Charlie (Princeton) Gogolak have been named the National Football Foundation's Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football Award Recipients for 2015.
• Princeton great Cosmo Iacavazzi joined Princeton kicker Nolan Bieck and Cornell kicker Joe Pierik at midfield after the coin toss for a short ceremony.

Next Up
• Cornell will play its second Friday night contest of the year when it visits Dartmouth on Friday, Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. in Hanover, N.H.
• The Big Red trails the all-time series 57-40-1 dating back to the first meeting in 1900.
• It will be the 99th meeting between the teams.
• The Big Green has won six consecutive games in the series.