Big Red Takes Its Shot At #12 Dartmouth On Saturday

The Cornell Big Red football team takes the field against Colgate on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 on Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, NY.
The Big Red will have a chance to spoil #12 Dartmouth's attempt to clinch a share of the Ivy League title when the two teams meet on Saturday, Nov. 16 in Hanover, N.H.

STREAKS, STORYLINES & SIDEBARS 
• The Cornell football team will have a second opportunity in three weeks to pick up a signature win when it visits No. 12 Dartmouth on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 1:30 p.m. at Memorial Field in Hanover, N.H. 
• Tyler Murray and Matt Goldstein will be in the ESPN+ broadcast booth as the Big Red attempts to defeat a ranked Ivy team for the first time since 2006. 
• For the 101st consecutive season, Cornell and Dartmouth will meet on the gridiron as the two teams have met every year since 1919 — making it the second-longest uninterrupted active series in college football, tied with Cornell-Penn and trailing only Lafayette-Lehigh (123 straight years). 
• The Big Red has been knocking on the door of a breakthrough all season, and it will now take its shot at spoiling Dartmouth’s Ivy championship run — at least momentarily. 
• With a win, the Big Green would clinch at least a share of the Ancient Eight title and win its 11th consecutive game and 21st in its last 22 contests. 
• Cornell, meanwhile, will be attempting to win its first game over a ranked Ivy team since defeating then unbeaten and eventual Ivy champ Princeton in 2006, 14-7, and its first ranked Ancient Eight team on the road since topping No. 13 Penn 13-6 on Nov. 25, 1950 — before the creation of the Ivy League.   
• Dartmouth has won 10 straight against the Big Red and hasn’t lost to Cornell in Hanover since 2005 (21-10). 

LOOKING FORWARD, LOOKING BACK 
• This year’s version of the Big Red returns 14 starters (six offense, eight defense), as well as its punter, placekicker, long-snapper and return specialists from a year ago.  
• Cornell went 3-7 in 2018 with a pair of league losses to top-half teams by less than a touchdown (Yale, Columbia).  
• The Big Red defeated Harvard for the second straight season for the first time since 1999 and 2000, and hammered previously unbeaten Sacred Heart at home, 43-24.  
• Cornell rallied from a double-digit deficit at Brown for a 34-16 victory, the Big Red’s first win in Providence, R.I. since 2002 and its first consecutive victories over the Bears since 1993 - before any current member of the team was born.  
• Cornell’s seven losses came against teams that sported a cumulative 53-21 record, including four to nationally ranked opponents (Colgate, Delaware, Princeton and Dartmouth).  
• Colgate reached the national quarterfinals and Delaware earned a spot in the FCS Playoffs, while Princeton went undefeated (10-0) and joined fellow Ivy rival Dartmouth (9-1) in the final top 25 poll.  
• Cornell also faced seven of the nation’s top 20 defenses, but still had its most successful season running the ball since 2006 (156.1 yards per game).  
• Six Big Red players earned All-Ivy honors, with Harold Coles (RB) and David Jones (CB) both finding a spot on the second team.  
• The Cornell football team was picked to finish seventh in the Ivy League’s annual preseason poll.  
• For the fourth times in five seasons, the Big Red will look to surpass the prediction from the poll.  
• After being picked to place eighth in 2017, the Big Red finished tied for fifth and entered November in the thick of the Ivy race for the first time since 2000.  
• The Big Red was chosen to finish eighth in 2016, then started the year 3-0 and took sixth in the final league standings.  
• The year before it was eighth in the poll and didn’t end there either.  
• The 2017 season saw Cornell climb to fifth in the Ivy standings at 3-4 and was in contention for the Ivy title in November for the first time since 2000.  
• The team’s three Ivy wins were the most since 2011 and tied for the best Ivy record by the program in more than a decade.  
• With six more wins, Cornell will reach 650 all-time (13th all-time in FCS history).  
• With three more wins at Schoellkopf Field, the Big Red would close out 300 all-time victories at the historic facility, the fourth-oldest FCS stadium (opened in 1915). Only Penn’s Franklin Field (1895), Harvard Stadium (1903) and the Yale Bowl (1914) are older.  

David Archer '05 

The Roger J. Weiss '61 Head Coach of Football

• Seventh season directing the Big Red football program. 
• Became youngest Division I head football coach in the country when he was named the Roger J. Weiss ‘61 Head Coach of Football on Jan. 3, 2013. 
• The 2017 season saw Cornell in contention for the Ivy title in November for the first time since 2000. 
• That team’s three Ivy wins were the most since 2011 and tied for the best Ivy record by the program in more than a decade. 
• Led team to three-game improvement in 2016, tied for program’s biggest turnaround since 1986. 
• Spent six seasons as an assistant coach at his alma mater, including the last four seasons as the recruiting coordinator. 
• Coached the fullbacks, tight ends, running backs, offensive linemen and linebackers during his tenure as an assistant. 
• Has developed 36 All-Ivy selections, two Ivy league Rookies of the Year, two Academic All-Americans and four FCS All-Americans in six years as head coach.

David Archer, 2017
Head coach David Archer '05

ABOUT DARTMOUTH
• The 12th-ranked Dartmouth Big Green are a perfect 8-0 this season and 20-1 over its last 21 games after a thorough 27-10 beating of Princeton last weekend at Yankee Stadium. 
• The Big Green has the inside track for its 26th Ivy title on the gridiron and its second in the last five years, with a win giving Dartmouth at least a share of the title. 
• Dartmouth’s defense, ranked fifth overall and first in scoring defense, is led by senior captains Jack Traynor (59 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions) and Isiah Swann (20 tackles, two interceptions). 
• Opposing offenses are averaging just 292.3 yards per game and are scoring just 10.1 points per outing. 
• The balanced offense is scoring 36 points per game with 203.5 yards per game through the air and 182.4 on the ground. 
• Leading rusher Jared Gerbino (366 yards, six touchdowns) has accounted for 15 total touchdowns while splitting time at quarterback with Derek Kyler (seven touchdown passes). 
• Drew Estrada (34 receptions, 593 yards, six touchdowns) and Hunter Hagdorn (24 receptions, 293 yards, three touchdowns) are the only players with more than 10 catches and have been the focus in the passing game. 
• Dartmouth grad Buddy Teevens in his second go-around as head coach at his alma mater and sports a 104-92-2 record in those 20 seasons and 138-168-2 in 30 years at four schools (Dartmouth, Maine, Tulane, Stanford). 
• Teevens helped the Big Green win a share of the 2015 Ivy League title. 

THE SERIES 
• This will be the 103rd meeting between Cornell and Dartmouth, with the Big Green holding a 61-40-1 lead in the series. 
• The two teams first met in 1900, a 23-6 Cornell win.  
• The two teams have been fairly evenly matched in recent years, with 12 of the last 26 meetings being decided by a touchdown or less (Dartmouth leads 16-10 during that stretch). 
• The Big Green has won 10 straight meetings in the series, including a 35-24 win last season in Ithaca.  

THE FIFTH-DOWN GAME
• The 2019 meeting between the Big Red and Big Green is also the 79th anniversary of the famed Fifth-Down Game. 
• Played on Nov. 16, 1940 in Hanover, N.H., top-ranked Cornell improved to 6-0 with a 7-3 victory over Dartmouth, scoring on the game’s final play. 
• After reviewing game film on Monday, Coach Carl Snavely and acting athletic director Robert J. Kane wired Dartmouth officials to tell them Cornell scored on an inadvertent fifth down. 
• Though there were no rules compelling the outcome to be changed, in an unprecedented act of sportsmanship, the Big Red relinquished claims to the win. The Big Green accepted the forfeit, winning the contest 3-0. 
• It remains the only time a collegiate sporting contest has been decided off the field after the completion of a game.   

A WIN OVER DARTMOUTH WOULD ... 
• make Cornell 3-6 on the season, including 2-2 in its last four conference games. 
• improve the Big Red’s Ivy record to 2-4. 
• snap Dartmouth’s 10-game win streak overall and its 10-game win streak against the Big Red. 
• be Cornell’s first win in Hanover, N.H. since 2005. 
• give the Big Red its first win over a ranked opponent since defeating then-No. 25 Colgate 39-38 in 2016 and its first win over a ranked Ivy team since a 14-7 win over Princeton in 2006. 
• be the 645th in program history (13th-most in the Football Championship Subdivision).  

BIG RED VS. RANKED OPPONENTS 
• Cornell will be playing its second ranked opponent of the season and its fifth in the last two seasons when it visits No. 12 Dartmouth. 
• The last time the Big Red topped a ranked opponent was in 2016 when Cornell rallied for a 39-38 triumph over then No. 25 Colgate - the team’s first win over a ranked squad on the road since 1954. 
• Dating back to 1936, the Big Red is 10-41-1 against teams ranked in the top 25. 
• The highest ranked win Cornell has had was when it topped No. 4 Ohio State 23-14 on Oct. 28, 1939 in Columbus, Ohio. 
• Cornell last defeated a rankedIvy team when it topped No. 15/18 Princeton in 2006 when it knocked off an unbeaten Tigers’ team 14-7 on Oct. 28, 2006 at Schoellkopf Field. 

Cornell-Dartmouth FB statistics comparison, 2019

LAST TIME THEY MET: #23/25 Dartmouth 35, Cornell 24
Nov. 10, 2018 I Ithaca, N.Y.
GAME STORY I BOX SCORE I GALLERY I SIGHTS & SOUNDS

• The football team strung together three scoring drives in the second quarter to put a dent in one of the Ivy League’s top defenses, but No. 23 Dartmouth pulled away with a pair of 1-yard rushing touchdowns by Jared Gerbino after the half for a 35-24 victory at Schoellkopf Field.  
• On Senior Day, Dalton Banks was 28-for-40 passing for 263 yards and two touchdowns for the Big Red, with Owen Peters, Harold Coles and Lars Pederson hauling in five receptions apiece.  
• Banks also led Cornell with 58 yards rushing, and Coles added 45 on nine carries.  
• The 24 points by Cornell (3-6, 2-4 Ivy League) were the most surrendered this season by Dartmouth (8-1, 5-1). 
• Defensively, Lance Blass had a career-high 15 tackles and intercepted a pass, as did senior DJ Woullard in his final home game.  
• Jelani Taylor had 11 tackles, all in the second half after missing the first 30 minutes due to a targeting call the previous weekend. 
• On a blustery day where attacking the field’s south end zone proved favorable, Dartmouth used that to its advantage early on. 
• The Big Green soared to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter, then called a timeout in the dying seconds to seemingly force one last punt into the wind by Cornell. 
• Only the Big Red refused.  
• The hosts’ first of three fourth-down conversions on the day served as a catalyst for a scoring drive capped by Harold Coles’ 7-yard touchdown run.  
• Zach Mays would hit a career-long field goal of 43 yards a little later, then Coles’ 21-yard catch-and-run into the end zone with 54 seconds before half cut the Big Red’s deficit to 21-17. 
• But Dartmouth regrouped at the half.  
• After a 13-play scoring drive to open the third quarter, the Big Green later scored again after a fumble recovery at the Cornell 11-yard line to build the lead back up to 35-17.  
• After making a spectacular one-handed grab earlier in the drive, Pedersen scored the Big Red’s last touchdown late in the fourth. 

Harold Coles
Harold Coles piled up more than 100 yards of offense, but nationally-ranked Dartmouth topped the Big Red 35-24 on Nov. 10, 2018 at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, N.Y.
Harold Coles runs the ball against Penn during the Big Red's 21-20 loss at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pa. on Nov. 9, 2019.
Harold Coles ran for 93 yards to pace the Big Red rushing attack, but Penn held off Cornell 21-20 on Nov. 9, 2019 at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pa.

LAST TIME OUT: Penn 21, Cornell 20
Nov. 9, 2019 I Philadelphia, Pa.
GAME STORY I BOX SCORE I BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Penn broke up Cornell’s potential game-winning two-point conversion attempt in the final minute to earn a 21-20 victory at Franklin Field.  
• The Big Red dominated the game on paper, outgaining the Quakers 434-262, including 158-40 on the ground), and ran an amazing 34 more plays than the home team.  
• The difference - a trick play that gained Penn 80 of its yards, nearly a third of its total for the game, for the eventual game winner.  
• Junior Phazione McClurge had a career day with eight receptions for 124 yards and two touchdowns for the Big Red, including a 10-yarder with 50 seconds left that set up a game-winning two-point attempt.  
• Richie Kenney, who tossed for 276 yards and McClurge’s two scores, had a screen pass sniffed out and broken up to seal the win for Penn.  
• An on-sides kick was recovered by Demetrius Harris, but Cornell was called offsides.  
• A second attempt was innocently batted out of bounds and the Quakers kneeled down twice for the victory. 
• Kenney completed 21-of-33 passes under center, while Harold Coles (17 carries, 93 yards) and SK Howard (16 carries, 86 yards) combined for 179 yards, both easily outpacing Penn’s Karekin Brooks. 
• The nation’s leading rusher entering the game was held to 45 yards on 15 carries as part of a defensive effort that allowed the home team just 11 first downs, a 1-of-9 day on third-down and three tackles for loss, including a pair of sacks.  
• Senior Justin Bedard had eight tackles and a half-tackle for loss and classmate Jelani Taylor notched seven stops and two pass breakups, while fellow senior Michael Gillooley notched a sack and a half. 
• Three different Penn players threw for touchdowns, with Owen Goldsberry’s 80-yard double pass to Eric Markes with 13:21 remaining the difference.  
• Nick Robinson and Ryan Glover also threw scoring passes, with Rory Starkey and Kolton Huber hauling in the tosses.  
• Prince Emili was the game-changer for the Quakers on defense with 10 tackles, including 2.5 sacks, while Zach Evans notched six tackles, an interception and two pass breakups. 

Taylor Named A Finalist For Campbell Trophy

Cornell senior football player Jelani Taylor has been named one of 12 finalists for the 2019 William V. Campbell Trophy it was announced today by the National Football Foundation and the College Hall of Fame. The award annually recognizes an individual as the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation for his combined academic success, football performance and exemplary leadership.

Taylor and each of the other 11 finalists will receive an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship as a member of the 2019 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class, presented by Fidelity Investments, and they will travel to New York City for the 62nd NFF Annual Awards Dinner on Tuesday, Dec. 10, where their accomplishments will be highlighted in front of one of the most powerful audiences in all of sports. At the event, one member of the class will be declared the winner of the 30th William V. Campbell Trophy® Presented by Mazda and have his postgraduate scholarship increased to $25,000. The event will take place at the New York Hilton Midtown and will be streamed live, with specific broadcast information to be announced at a later date.

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Cornell football players line up for practice during the 1938 season, a moment to remember during college football's 150th season.
Members of the 1938 Big Red team practice for an upcoming game.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL AT 150 (#CFB150) 
• This is the 133rd year since the start of Cornell football, but it will be the 132nd season.  
• The first official Big Red football team was formed in 1887, and Cornell has sponsored a squad every year since except 1918 during World War I.  
• The Big Red has collected five national titles (1915, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1939), won more than 600 games and  has  had  legendary  players  and  coaches  perform  on  historic Schoellkopf Field.  
• The Big Red claimed at least a share of the 1915 (Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation and Parke Davis), 1921 (Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation and Parke Davis), 1922 (Helms, Parke Davis), 1923 (Sagarin) and 1939 (Litkenhous, Sagarin) titles.  
• Cornell is the only Ivy League school to be ranked No. 1 in the weekly Associated Press poll, holding the top ranking for three weeks (10/15-10/29) of the 1940 season.  
• The No. 1 ranking ended with the historic “Fifth Down Game” against Dartmouth.  
• Names such as Glenn “Pop” Warner and Heisman Trophy finalist and NCAA record breaker Ed Marinaro have suited up for  Cornell,  while  seven  College  Football  Hall  of  Famers  (including Warner,  Gil  Dobie  and  Carl  Snavely)  and  multiple-time  Super  Bowl  winner  George  Seifert  have  set  the  strategy  as  head  coaches.  
• The Big Red is involved in three of the top 20 most-played rivalries in the FCS.  
• The Cornell-Penn series ranks fifth in most games played, a total that is now at 126.  
• The 106 meetings between Cornell and Columbia ranks 14th, while the Cornell-Dartmouth rivalries stand 19th with 103 games played after this week.  
• Right behind that is the series with Princeton (102 meetings) and Colgate (101 meetings), which sit right outside the top 20.  
• The Cornell-Dartmouth and the Cornell-Penn series are the second-longest uninterrupted active series, as the teams have met every season since 1919, a span of 101 years this season.  
• They trail only the Lafayette-Lehigh series, which has been played every year since 1897.  
• Cornell was ranked as one of the top 100 football programs of all-time according to the Associated Press in a ranking released in August 2016.  
• At No. 72, the Big Red ranked ahead of a number of Bowl Championship Subdivision (BCS) schools and second among Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) programs.  
• Only Penn (No. 66) placed higher among current FCS schools, while other Ivy League teams on the list included Dartmouth (No. 87), Yale (No. 90), Princeton (No. 81) and Columbia (No. 99). 
• Cornell was involved in one of the most historic games in college football history, the “Fifth Down Game.” 
• Played on Nov. 16, 1940 in Hanover, N.H., the top-ranked Big Red improved to 6-0 with a 7-3 victory over Dartmouth, scoring on the game’s final play. 
• After reviewing game film on Monday, Coach Carl Snavely and acting athletic director Robert J. Kane wired Dartmouth officials to tell them Cornell scored on an inadvertent fifth down. 
• Though there were no rules compelling the outcome to be changed, in an unprecedented act of sportsmanship, the Big Red relinquished claims to the win.  
• The Big Green accepted the forfeit, winning the contest 3-0. 
• It remains the only time a collegiate sporting contest has been decided off the field after the completion of a game.   

CORNELL FOOTBALL AT 132 (#CFB150) 
• The Big Red has an overall record of 644-534-34 (.545) in its 132 years of football.  
• The program’s 644 wins rank 13th among all FCS schools.  
• Over the years, Cornell has taken on 91 different opponents, with its most frequent opponent being Penn (126 meetings).   

BIG RED NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 
• Cornell holds claim to five national titles in its storied football history.  
• The Big Red claimed at least a share of the 1915 (Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation and Parke Davis), 1921 (Helms, Houlgate, National Championship Foundation and Parke Davis), 1922 (Helms, Parke Davis), 1923 (Sagarin) and 1939 (Litkenhous, Sagarin) titles.  
• All five teams went undefeated and dominated their opponents.  
• The 1915 team was 9-0 and outscored its opponents 287-50 with four shutouts.  
• The 1921, 1922 and 1923 squads each went 8-0 and outscored their opponents 392-21, 339-27 and 320-33, respectively.  
• The teams allowed more than one touchdown in a game just once during that 24-game span while scoring 40 or more points 14 times.  
• The 1939 team was 8-0 and defeated Syracuse, Penn State and Ohio State.

Longtime assistant coach Pete DeStefano roams the sidelines in a game against Harvard on Oct., 7, 2017 at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, N.Y. The Big Red defeated the Crimson 17-14.
Pete DeStefano is in his 30th year on the sidelines for Cornell football.

DeSTEFANO ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT 
• Pete DeStefano, the longest tenured assistant football coach in Cornell history, has announced that he will retire after the completion of the 2019 season, his 30th on the Big Red sidelines.
• A constant on the sidelines for the Big Red since 1990 on the defensive side of the ball, he coached or recruited 36 All-Ivy League players during his tenure. 
• He is currently in the seventh year as the program's first Director of Player Personnel, Alumni, Community and Career Programs. 
• His role is instrumental in the off-field development of Cornell's student-athletes from the time they reach campus until long after they graduate as alumni and fans of the Big Red.  

HOLM, TAYLOR NAMED CO-CAPTAINS 
• Seniors George L. Holm III and Jelani Taylor will serve as team captains for the 2019 season. 
• The duo will provide steadying leadership as college football celebrates its 150th season this fall.
• Holm, a 6-4 offensive lineman from Richmond, Va., emerged as a starter late in the 2018 season and saw action in each of the team's 10 contests to earn his first varsity letter. 
• Holm helped the Big Red rush for 1,561 yards and 13 touchdowns, the most rushing yards in a season since 2006 (1,821). 
• Taylor, a 5-11 safety from Beecher, Mich., was a first-team academic all-district selection after leading the team in tackles (72) and passes defended (nine) a year ago. 

The Cornell Big Red football captains George Holm (67) and Jelani Taylor (23) pose for portraits on Aug. 19, 2019 on Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, NY.
George L. Holm III and Jelani Taylor are the 2019 Big Red football captains.

FOOTBALL GETS NCAA RECOGNITION (AGAIN)
• Football has been publicly recognized by the NCAA for its Academic Progress Report (APR) score being in the top 10 percent nationally in 13 of the 14 seasons since 2004-05, when the scores were first tabulated.  
• Cornell’s score of 987 (out of 1,000) this past year was tied for the fourth-highest in school history (the seven highest scores in program history have come over the last seven years - 987, 987, 986, 991, 988, 992, 987), but was just outside the top 10 percent. 
• The 992 APR score this year is also the 25th-highest among all Division I football schools. 
• The APR measures semester-by-semester records for every individual team in Division I with regard to each team members’ continuing eligibility, retention and progress toward graduation. 

ACADEMIC SUCCESS 
• Cornell football had two players named to the 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-District 1 team. 
• Harold Coles ‘20 (3.48 GPA, Applied Economics & Management) and Jelani Taylor ‘20 (3.85 GPA, Hotel Administration) were both selected to represent the Big Red. 
• Cornell’s 10 members on the District 2 team over the last three years are the most of any school. 
• The Big Red has had 13 football players earn a total of 18 appearances on the CoSIDA Academic All-America team dating back to 1977. 

CORNELLIANS IN THE NFL 
• Seventh-year offensive lineman JC Tretter ‘13 will be beginning his third season with the Cleveland Browns after spending his first four pro seasons with the Green Bay Packers. 
• The FCS All-American was taken in the fourth round of the NFL Draft by the Packers in 2013. 
• He was named the Packers’ starting center in 2016 and played in 31 contests with 10 starts. 
• Has seen action at both tackle spots and left guard as well as at center during his career. 
• Tretter signed a three-year contract extension with the Bowns in November of 2019.

CORNELLIANS IN PRO FOOTBALL 
• Kevin Boothe ‘05 – TitleDirector, Football Development and Strategy, NFL. 
• Buck Briggs ‘76 – Vice President for Arbitration and Litigation, NFL (Retired). 
• Zac Canty ‘09 – Northeast Area Scout, Arizona Cardinals 
• Andrew Johnson ‘15 – Scout, Cincinnati Bengals 
• Jeff Mathews ‘14 – QB, Toronto Argonauts, CFL 
• Ty Siam ‘11 – Football Operations Analyst, New York Giants 
• Luke Tasker ‘13 – WR, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, CFL 

CORNELL, IVY LEAGUE FOOTBALL FEATURED ON ESPN+ 
• ESPN+ is ESPN’s new direct-to-consumer offering.
• Similar to Netflix and Hulu, fans are able to buy a subscription to ESPN+, which will be completely separate from their cable/satellite bill.
• The cost for ESPN+ is $4.99/month and $49.95/year.
• ESPN+ is available on all of ESPN’s existing platforms: Website, mobile app, OTT (Apple TV/Roku) app.

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CORNELL ATHLETICS HALL OF FAME ADDS FORD '09 
• Nathan Ford ‘09 was among 10 new members that were inducted into the Cornell University Athletics Hall of Fame on Oct. 5.  
• Ford captained both the football and baseball teams, earning All-Ivy League honors in both sports.  
• He was an honorable mention All-Ivy pick as a senior.  
• The three-year starter at quarterback led the Ivy League in both passing (281.5 yards per game) and total offense (284.9 yards per game), ranking 12th and eighth nationally in those categories, respectively, in his final season.  
• Set school records for completion percentage in a career (.607), consecutive completions (17) and single-game completion percentage (.833, 25-of-30 vs. Dartmouth).  
• Ford had four career 300-yard games and two 400-yard efforts, including a 39-of-63 passing day for 438 yards and two scores in the comeback win at Lehigh, finding teammate Jesse Baker in the end zone from 20 yards out as time expired to win the game.  
• His 6,266 passing yards ranked eighth in Ivy history and second at Cornell, while his 6,707 yards of offense places him ninth in the Ancient Eight.  
• Ford accounted for 37 career touchdowns (26 passing, 11 rushing). 

NEXT UP 
• Cornell will close out the season when it plays Columbia for the Empire State Bowl on Saturday, Nov. 16 at Schoellkopf Field. 
• The contest will be broadcast on ESPN+, with the Big Red celebrating its seniors prior to the game. 
• The Big Red leads the all-time series 65-38-3, though the Lions won last season’s meeting 24-21 on a last-minute kickoff return for a touchdown.

Photos by Dartmouth Athletics, Dave Burbank, Mike Corsey, Erik Drost, Madison Epperson, Eldon Lindsay, Mark Risley, Patrick Shanahan and Darl Zehr

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