ITHACA, N.Y. -- Junior John Lovett accounted for seven touchdowns - four passing, two running, one receiving - and Princeton's defense bottled up Cornell all day in a 56-7 win on Saturday afternoon at Schoellkopf Field. The Tigers improved to 5-2 (3-1 Ivy), while the Big Red dropped its fourth straight game to fall to 3-4 (1-3 Ivy).

Lovett was 10-of-11 passing for 194 yards and four scores, ran for 47 yards on six carries with two touchdowns and caught two passes for 19 yards and reached the end zone once for an offense that piled up 645 yards of offense and 32 total first downs in the win, its fourth straight over the Big Red.

Princeton dominated the first half and then quickly extinguished Cornell momentum early in the second to kill off any thought of a rally.

Trailing 35-0 at halftime, Cornell came out with all guns blazing to start the second half. The Big Red took the opening kickoff and drove down the field for its first score. A Princeton penalty on the ensuing kickoff made the Tigers start at their own 10, and got knocked back to the five after Nick Gesualdi and Geno DeMarco combined on a sack to electrify the sidelines. Then Lovett hit Isaiah Barnes on a quick hitch while the Big Red was in a full blitz, Cornell missed the tackle on the outside and the Tiger senior did the rest, racing 95 yards to get that score right back.

Senior Ben Rogers hauled in his fifth touchdown of the season early in the third quarter and Dalton Banks completed 25-of-40 passes for 214 yards and a score while turning the ball over once. Sophomore Reis Seggebruch had 12 tackles, senior Justin Solomon had 10 and classmate Jackson Weber had nine to go along with a pair of pass breakups.  Junior James Eaton had his first two career sacks in the loss. Senior punter Chris Fraser averaged 42.2 yards on nine punts with three longer than 50 yards and two downed inside the 20.

The Tigers had a 100-yard rusher (Ryan Quigley - 102 yards on nine carries), a 100-yard receiver (Barnes - 170 yards on seven receptions) and a two-headed quarterback that combined to go 27-of-34 for 392 yards and five touchdowns without a turnover. Chad Kanoff was 17-of-23 for 198 yards and a score of his own.

In the first half alone, Lovett accounted for all five Tiger touchdowns - runs of 3 and 10 yards, passes of 35 and 2 yards and a 7-yard reception. Princeton's first two touchdowns of the second half also came from the arm of Lovett, the 95-yarder to Barnes and a 6-yard pass to Graham Adomitis.

Cornell was just 2-of-13 on third downs offensively against a Princeton defense that surrendered just 263 total yards. The Tigers had six total tackles for loss and a pair of takeaways - an interception by James Gale and a forced fumble that led to a recovery by Dorian Williams.

Notes
• Senior linebacker Jackson Weber had nine tackles, giving him 199 for his career - just one shy of becoming the 23rd Cornellian to reach 200 tackles.
• The 56 points allowed is the most by a Big Red team since falling to Dartmouth 59-31 during the 2007 season, while the 645 yards allowed is the second-most allowed in school history, behind a Brown team that gained 690 yards in a 56-40 loss to Brown in 2000.
• Junior James Eaton had his first two career sacks for the Big Red.
• Four of Princeton's scoring drives took less than two minutes.
• With his 214 passing yards, sophomore Dalton Banks moved into 15th place on the school's single-season list (1,709 yards), while his 13th touchdown placed him seventh.
• Senior Ben Rogers caught his 10th career touchdown pass, becoming the 12th player in school history to reach that milestone.
• Junior Ryan Weigel, who also competes for the Big Red track team as a sprinter, earned his first varsity action and returned three kickoffs for 49 yards, including a 32-yard return that ranks as the longest of the season by a Cornell player.
• Senior Chris Fraser continued to separate himself from other Cornell and Ivy League punters by ending the day with 66 career punts inside the 20, 45 punts of 50 or more yards and a school-record 47 punts fair caught.
• Fraser has punted footballs 8,722 yards in his career, just 52 yards short of Mike Baumgartel's record (8.774).

Next Up
• The Big Red remains at home to face defending Ivy League champion Dartmouth on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 1:30 p.m. at Schoellkopf Field.
• The game will be broadcast on the Ivy League Digital Network with Barry Leonard and Jason Weinstein on the call.
• It will be the 99th all-time meeting between the teams, with Dartmouth holding a 58-39-1 edge.
• The Big Green has won seven straight in the series, with Cornell last coming out on top in a 37-14 victory at home in 2008.