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The Cornell Football team competes against Columbia for the Empire State Bowl at Schoellkopf Field in Ithaca, NY on November 18, 2023.
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BEYOND THE BOX SCORE: The Columbia Game

11/20/2023 3:39:00 PM

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Take a look back at the Big Red's season closing loss to Columbia, 29-14.
 

Individual Notes

  • Junior quarterback Jameson Wang passed for a career-high 345 yards on 32-of-47 passing.
  • Wang became the first Big Red quarterback to pass for 300+ yards in at least three games in a single season since Dalton Banks hit the 300 mark thrice during the 2016 season.
  • The 345 yards by Wang marks the most passing yards since Banks passed for 454 against Colgate on Oct. 1, 2016.
  • Wang upped his career-rushing touchdowns to 20, tied for seventh-most in Cornell history.
  • Sophomore wide receiver Davon Kiser caught for his second-career 100-yard game, tallying 121 reception yards in the outing.
  • Kiser is the first Big Red receiver to hit more than one 100+ yard receiving game across a single season since Thomas Glover did it three times in 2021.
  • Senior linebacker Noah Taylor made a career-high nine solo tackles in the outing.
  • Senior placekicker and punter Jackson Kennedy upped his career point count to 104, finishing his time at Cornell with the 22nd-most points in program history.
  • Kennedy's 41 career PATs rank 17th in Cornell history.
  • His 41-of-42 PATs rank ninth in school history in terns of percentage (97.6 percent).

Team Notes

  • The Big Red held both Lion quarterbacks to 50 percent or worse in completion percentage. The duo of Joe Green and Caden Bell was held to a collective 13-of-29 through the air.
  • Columbia's 116 passing yards marked the second-fewest allowed by the Big Red this season. Cornell allowed only 101 at Penn on Nov. 4.
  • The game marked the second time this season the Big Red did not allow a passing touchdown, marking the second consecutive season the Big Red have had two games allowing zero passing touchdowns.
  • Cornell converted on four-of-five fourth downs, the most fourth down conversions since converting on four at Penn (Nov. 4), and the best percentage since a perfect two-of-two again Brown (Oct. 21).
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