ITHACA, N.Y. -- Take a look back at the Big Red's 23-21 win over Yale on September 23, 2023, at the Yale Bowl with these notes below.
 

TEAM NOTES

• The win marked Cornell's first 2-0 start in program history with both wins coming on the road.
• Cornell in 7-5 in its last 12 contests, winning those games by a total of 25 points (3.6 points per game).
• The Big Red is now 107-68-5 (.608) all-time in the month of September.
• Cornell is now 2-0 this season when scoring at least 20 points, making it 472-116-2 (.802) when reaching that mark.
• It is also 2-0 when its opponent reaches 20 points, defying history where it was 85-388-2 (.181) under those circumstances in program history.
• Cornell is 2-0 in games decided by three points or less this year, improving its record to 83-51 (.619) in those contests in school history.
• Head coach David Archer's 18th Ivy coaching win moves him into a tie with Bob Blackman fof fourth-most in school history.
• The Big Red improved to 29-36-2 all-time in Ivy openers, snapping a five-game skid.
• It is now 7-16 in Ivy openers when Yale is the opponent.
• Dating back to last season, Cornell has won the time of possession battle in seven straight contests, its longest streak since time of possession was first recorded in 1986.
• Yale ran just 20 second half plays and held the ball for only 8:00 after the break.
• The last time Cornell had more than 38:41 of possession time in any Ivy contest was in 2017 against Brown, and the last time it did so against a conference team on the road was against the Bears in 2002 in Providence (41:40).
• Cornell has run 35 more plays than its opponents over the first two games this season, the most in consecutive wins since running 77 more in wins over Columbia (59) and Penn (18) to close out the 2005 campaign.
• The contest marked the 75th time in school history that Cornell scored the last points of the game to pull into the lead and win by seven points or less and the ninth time under head coach David Archer '05.
• It was the sixth time in school history that Cornell scored to win the game on the final play of regulation or overtime.
1944    Sampson Naval Training Center  //  Schoellkopf Field  //  13-6  //  Ed Sharafanowich 20-yard pass from Allen Dekdebrun  //  0:00
1991    at Brown  //  Brown Stadium  //  20-17  //  John Massy 4-yard pass from Bill Lazor  //  0:00
1996    Princeton  //  Schoellkopf Field  //  33-27  //  Brian Opre 1-yard run  //  2nd OT
2002    Towson  //  Schoellkopf Field  //   34-31  //  Trevor MacMeekin 19-yard FG  //  2nd OT
2008    at Lehigh  //  Goodman Stadium  //  25-24  //  Jesse Baker 20-yard pass from Nathan Ford  //  0:00
2023    at Yale  //  The Yale Bowl  //  23-23  //  Jackson Kennedy 37-yard field goal  //  0:00
• The 14-point deficit overcome is the largest since 2017 when it overcame 14-point deficits against both Harvard and Princeton.
• The 14-0 deficit after the first quarter is its second largest ever overcome, with the 2016 squad coming back from a 21-0 deficit at No. 25 Colgate for a 39-38 win.
• The Big Red improved to 437-42-4 all-time when leading after three quarters.
• Cornell is now 24-5 under head coach David Archer '05 when the team gains at least 300 yards.
• The Big Red has now connected on 64 consecutive PAT kicks as a team.
• Cornell's three interceptions this season have all been by linebackers, while two of the four sacks have been from the defensive secondary.
 

PLAYER NOTES

• Junior Jameson Wang became the 31st player in school history to surpass 1,000 carer rushing yards, ending the day with 1,027 yards (No. 30 all-time).
• He also scored his 13th career touchdown on the ground to jump into the top 20 in school history at No. 20.
• He upped his career passing yardage total to 2,448 yards, just 52 shy of becoming the 17th player to reach 2,500 yards. He's 552 yards from becoming the 10th 3,000-yard passer.
• With his 21st career passing touchdown, Wang moved to seventh on the all-time list.
• Wang now has 3,475 yards of total offense and passed Derrick Harmon '84 for 13th all-time at Cornell. He needs 105 yards to move into the top 10.
• His 34 touchdowns responsible for now ranks ninth after passing Mark Allen '74 with 33.
• Jackson Kennedy is the second player in Cornell history to kick three or more field goals in consecutive games, joining Mike Cochrane (1992, vs. Lehigh and Lafayette).
• His three field goals are tied for third-most in a game.
• Jackson's 37-yard field goal is the first ever walk-off field goal in regulation and the longest to end a game. The only other walk-off field goal was by Trevor MacMeekin, whose 19-yard field goal topped Towson in overtime in 2002.
• With his two PAT kicks, Kennedy is now 29-for-29 for his career.
• His three field goals push Kennedy's career total to 13, tied for 12th-most in school history.
• Kennedy's 11 kicking points are tied for the seventh-most in a game in Cornell history.
• Sophomore Gannon Carothers' 95 rushing yards were a career high and pushed him over 300 career yards on the ground (308).
• With his five tackles, senior Holt Fletcher surpassed 50 career tackles (54), as did Brody Kidwell (50) with his three stops.
• Connor Henderson's interception was the second of his career, and his team-high seven tackles pushed him over 75 for his career (76).
• Freshman Samuel Musungu had his first two career receptions (23 yards) and his first career rush (7 yards).
• Sophomore Doryn Smith set career highs for catches (five) and receiving yards (69).
• Senior Jake Stebbins became the 22nd player in school history to surpass 20 career tackles for loss (20.0) with his one stop behind the line.