ITHACA, N.Y. - Go beyond the box score for Cornell football's 30-20 win over Bucknell on Saturday, Oct. 18. 

Team Notes
• The victory was the 660th in school history, upping the program's record to 660-565-34 dating back to 1887.
• Cornell increased its lead in the "Battle of the 'Nells" to 45-16 over Bucknell, including 35-8 at home.
• The Big Red is now 317-259-14 in the month of October.
• The contest was the first time the Big Red rallied from more than a field goal deficit to win since rallying from a 14-point hole in a 23-21 win at Yale to open the 2023 Ivy season.
• Cornell sports a 242-12 (.953) all-time mark when it scores at least 30 points.
• The Big Red also improved to 439-42-4 (.909) all-time when leading into the fourth quarter.
• Cornell's 232 yards on the ground against Bucknell marked the second time this season with at least 230 rushing yards (233 vs. Colgate). It was the first time a Big Red had run for 230 or more yards twice in the same season since 2018 (Sacred Heart and Brown).
• The team's 52 rushing attempts were the most in a game since running the ball 53 times at VMI in 2022.
• The 22 passing attempts were the fewest in a game by a Cornell team since a 17-13 victory over Dartmouth in 2022 when it attempted just 19 passes.
• Cornell has at least 25 first downs in three of its first five games this season and seven times in 15 games over the past two seasons.
• The Big Red won the turnover battle for the first time this season (3-2).
• After committing 19 penalties over its first two games (9.5 per game), the Big Red has been flagged just 13 times over its past three contests (4.3 per game).
• Cornell has scored in 14-of-18 red zone chances this season, including 6-of-7 over the past two contests.
 
Individual Notes
• Sophomore Jordan Triplett became the first Cornell 100-yard rusher since teammate Ean Pope had 111 yards at Bucknell on Oct. 19, 2024.
• The game accounted for the 257th 100-yard rushing performance in school history.
• Triplett became the first Cornell player to post at least a 100-yard rushing game in his first collegiate start since SK Howard '22 posted 121 yards against Brown on Oct. 26, 2019.
• Triplett accounted for 141 all-purpose yards, the most by a Cornell running back in a contest since Ean Pope managed 143 against Yale in 2024 - before that, it was in 2019 when Harold Coles '20 had 154 at Marist.
• Freshman John McAuliffe's 89 rushing yards were the most in a game by a freshman since Jameson Wang '25 went for 101 yards against Brown on Oct. 23, 2021.
• McAuliffe's 7.4 yard average is the highest by any Big Red player with double-digit carries since Eddy Tillman '25 averaged 9.3 yards (14 carries for 130 yards) at Brown in 2022, and the highest at home since Jack Gellatly '18 went for 93 yards on 12 carries (7.8 ypc.) against Brown on Oct. 24, 2015.
• Senior Joey Cheshire notched eight tackles to close his afternoon with 105 stops, becoming the 145th player in the school's 138-year history to reach the century mark.
• His 105 tackles currently ranks 133rd and is 17 shy of joining the top 100.
• Also climbing the list is fifth-year senior Damon Barnes, whose six tackles against Bucknell give him 135 for his career - good for 81st in school history.
• Sophomore Keith Williams Jr. had two interceptions, becoming just the second linebacker with two picks in a game in the past quarter-century (Holt Fletcher '24 at Lehigh on Sept. 16, 2023).
• His nine tackles were the most by a Big Red player with two interceptions in the same contest since John Hanson '99 was credited with 19 stops and also had two picks at Yale on Nov. 9, 1996.
• Junior quarterback Garrett Bass-Sulpizio became just the eighth player in more than 40 years to rush for multiple touchdowns and also throw for a score - joining Jameson Wang '25 (four times), Nathan Ford '09 (two times), Dalton Banks '19, Stephen Liuzza '10, Ryan Kuhn '06, Mick Razzano '04 and Mike Hood '99. Four of those 11 games came against Bucknell.
• Senior wide receiver Doryn Smith's 47-yard kickoff return was the longest for Cornell since teammate Davon Kiser returned a kickoff 91 yards for a score in a win over Dartmouth on Nov. 12, 2022.
• His 38-yard return against the Bison was the second-longest since that Kiser kickoff.
• Smith's 85 yards on two returns gave him the most kickoff return yards in a single game since Kiser has 112 against Dartmouth in 2022.
• His 42.5 yard average return is the highest in a game with multiple attempts since Rashad Campbell '12 averaged 46.0 yards on two kickoffs at Princeton on Oct. 29, 2011 at Princeton.
• Smith had a team-high five catches for 46 yards, upping his career totals to 86 catches (26th all-time at Cornell) and 963 yards (29th at Cornell).
• He is 14 receptions away from becoming the 16th player to reach 100 in his career, and 37 yards from becoming the 28th player to reach 1,000. If he hits both marks, he'd be the 15th player to hit both.
• Already the owner of Cornell's career tight end touchdown record (now up to seven), junior Ryder Kurtz now has 701 receiving yards - just 86 away from the Big Red mark of 787 by Matt Robbert '24.
• His 55 catches is 12 behind Matt Sullivan '17 for the Big Red record for tight ends.
• Sophomore Tommy Ducker was credited with four tackles and a pair of quarterback hurries, the first time a Big Red interior defensive lineman had a pair of hurries since Michael Staples '17 was credited with a pair at Harvard on Oct. 8, 2016.
• Freshman Jonathan Roost, who only began kicking a football this season, is now 2-for-2 on field and 4-for-5 on extra-points in his first two varsity competitions.