ITHACA, N.Y. -- Record-setting sophomore quarterback Jeff Mathews was named National Offensive Player of the Week when The Sports Network/Fathead.com FCS National Players of Week were announced earlier this week. The Big Red signal-caller was named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week as well.

Mathews set school game records for passing yardage (521), passing touchdowns (five), completions (40), completion percentage (.870, 40-of-46), passing efficiency (217.97) and total offense (497) in leading the Big Red to a modern-day scoring record in a 62-41 victory over Columbia. He threw for 521 yards, becoming the first Cornellian and the third Ivy League player to surpass 500 yards. He fell just five yards short of the Ivy single-game mark. Mathews completed his first 13 passing attempts of the day, threw scoring passes of 6, 24, 47, 46 and 28 yards and didn't have a pass broken up or intercepted. It was Mathews' fifth game of at least 300 passing yards this season, a new Cornell record. His five touchdown passes ranks second in Ivy history in a game, while his 40 completions ranks 10th all-time. Mathews' performance helped Cornell to its first-ever win in the Empire State Bowl series, started in 2010.

Cornell will close out the 2011 season when it visits Penn on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 1 p.m. at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.