Wild first half so far. Cornell is up 28-27 with a minute remaining but squibbed the kickoff so Columbia has a short field but only a minute before halftime.
Matthews completed his first 13 passes before a receiver dropped one. A receiver dropped another pass in the end zone. Cornell has a missed FG and Columbia has a missed XP.
Squib backfires. Columbia takes advantage of the short field and scores with 12 seconds left in the half. 34-28 Lions. Halftime.
Cornell back in the lead 38-34, Matthews hits Savage for a 47yd TD bomb after a earlier Greenway 45 yd field goal
Savage with another TD, 45-34 Cornell, at this rate they might score more than the basketball team did last night
Matthews with over 457 passing yd's, breaking the all time Cornell single game QB passing yd's record
Greenway 32yd field goal 48-34 Cornell
And with the pick 6, Cornell wins 62-41 and outscores the basketball team from last night
Jeff Mathews 40-46 for 517 yds 5 TDs. Really unbelievable numbers even though it was against winless Columbia. If Kent Austin can recruit some big run blocking offensive linemen and running backs to develop a running game along with a better D, Cornell has a good chance at an Ivy Championship.
Not often can you say the defense played great but gave up 41 points, but in the second half they did.
Mathews: 40x46 521 yds, 5 TD, QB Rating of 217.
From http://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/CEL/cpages/clubs/events.jsp?chapter=82
November 19: Cornell-Penn Football Game and Tailgate
Please join the Cornell Club of Greater Philadelphia and the Cornell Football Association for a pre-game tailgate party and Ivy League Football at historic Franklin Field.
We will have group tickets, a tailgate tent, catered lunches, entertainment from the Big Red Band, a guest appearance by the Cornell Bear and hopefully a winning football team. We will be located at Lot 19 at 34th and Chestnut Street and will begin the festivities at 11 am. Here's a link to Penn's parking website.
Tailgate & ticket combo is $35 for Cornell Club members; $40 for non-club members; $15 for children 12 and under. CFA members and family attend free.
Tailgate only will be $30.00 for Cornell Club members; $35.00 for non-club members; $10 for children 12 and under.
Game tickets only are $10.00. You must go to the tailgate site to pick up your tickets.
Tailgate begins at 11 am and the game begins at 1pm.
CFA members are to RSVP to Pete Noyes at ppn2@cornell.edu by November 16, all others by Nov 17 via the website. For questions or comments contact Bill Totten at billtotten23 at yahoo.com
62-41 is even more nuts when you remember the score was only 7-7 at end of first quarter.
Quote from: Ken711Jeff Mathews 40-46 for 517 yds 5 TDs. Really unbelievable numbers even though it was against winless Columbia. If Kent Austin can recruit some big run blocking offensive linemen and running backs to develop a running game along with a better D, Cornell has a good chance at an Ivy Championship.
Matthews basically rewrote the single-game recordbook on Saturday; 40 completions, 517 passing yards (note that this is officially listed in the box score as 521) and 5 TD passes are all school records, as was his completion percentage for the day (.870). Additionally, after Saturday's game, Matthews has 2,864 passing yards this season, surpassing Ricky Rahne (2,762 in 1999) for the most by a Cornell sophomore.
Shane Savage tied the Cornell single-game record with 3 TD receptions, and his 199 receiving yards were second-most in school history.
Brad Greenway set a Cornell single-game record by kicking 8 extra points, and tied a record with 14 points by a kicker. He also passed Derrick Harmon for 3rd place on the all-time scoring list, behind only Ed Marinaro and Chad Levitt.
And, if you were curious, Kurt Williams tied a Columbia school record with 3 TD receptions.
Quote from: Josh '99Quote from: Ken711Jeff Mathews 40-46 for 517 yds 5 TDs. Really unbelievable numbers even though it was against winless Columbia. If Kent Austin can recruit some big run blocking offensive linemen and running backs to develop a running game along with a better D, Cornell has a good chance at an Ivy Championship.
Matthews basically rewrote the single-game recordbook on Saturday; 40 completions, 517 passing yards (note that this is officially listed in the box score as 521) and 5 TD passes are all school records, as was his completion percentage for the day (.870). Additionally, after Saturday's game, Matthews has 2,864 passing yards this season, surpassing Ricky Rahne (2,762 in 1999) for the most by a Cornell sophomore.
Shane Savage tied the Cornell single-game record with 3 TD receptions, and his 199 receiving yards were second-most in school history.
Brad Greenway set a Cornell single-game record by kicking 8 extra points, and tied a record with 14 points by a kicker. He also passed Derrick Harmon for 3rd place on the all-time scoring list, behind only Ed Marinaro and Chad Levitt.
And, if you were curious, Kurt Williams tied a Columbia school record with 3 TD receptions.
Mathews and Savage can break records for passing and receiving yards and touchdowns next week. Fingers crossed.
Also, I'd like to request that "Mathews" be added to the spelling guide (it
is Mathews), otherwise I will continue to add an extra "t".
No surprise Jeff Mathews was named the Ivy offensive player of the week (should have been also for the Princeton snowbowl game).
Looks like the Columbia University Band won't be playing this weekend (http://espn.go.com/new-york/ncf/story/_/id/7246291/columbia-lions-band-banned-home-football-finale) at the Brown-Columbia game.
Quote from: RitaLooks like the Columbia University Band won't be playing this weekend (http://espn.go.com/new-york/ncf/story/_/id/7246291/columbia-lions-band-banned-home-football-finale) at the Brown-Columbia game.
They should turn up on Saturday with paper bags over their heads.
Quote from: BenQuote from: RitaLooks like the Columbia University Band won't be playing this weekend (http://espn.go.com/new-york/ncf/story/_/id/7246291/columbia-lions-band-banned-home-football-finale) at the Brown-Columbia game.
They should turn up on Saturday with paper bags over their heads.
We probably don't want to make this joke. It wasn't that long ago...
Quote from: TrotskyQuote from: BenQuote from: RitaLooks like the Columbia University Band won't be playing this weekend (http://espn.go.com/new-york/ncf/story/_/id/7246291/columbia-lions-band-banned-home-football-finale) at the Brown-Columbia game.
They should turn up on Saturday with paper bags over their heads.
We probably don't want to make this joke. It wasn't that long ago...
Competing in Ivy League football is like arguing on the internet...
Quote from: RitaLooks like the Columbia University Band won't be playing this weekend (http://espn.go.com/new-york/ncf/story/_/id/7246291/columbia-lions-band-banned-home-football-finale) at the Brown-Columbia game.
QuoteThe altered verse began with the lyrics, "We always lose, lose, lose; by a lot, and sometimes by a little," according to an article in the Columbia Spectator, the school's student newspaper.
Reminds me of the alternate lyrics to NCFS (which nobody has ever been banned from a game for singing, as far as I'm aware). Someone needs to get a sense of humor.
Quote from: Josh '99Quote from: RitaLooks like the Columbia University Band won't be playing this weekend (http://espn.go.com/new-york/ncf/story/_/id/7246291/columbia-lions-band-banned-home-football-finale) at the Brown-Columbia game.
QuoteThe altered verse began with the lyrics, "We always lose, lose, lose; by a lot, and sometimes by a little," according to an article in the Columbia Spectator, the school's student newspaper.
Reminds me of the alternate lyrics to NCFS (which nobody has ever been banned from a game for singing, as far as I'm aware). Someone needs to get a sense of humor.
In both instances it's the truth way more often than not.... "what's the big intrigue? we're the worse in the ivy league."
Fact is the 25 piece columbia band is probably 85% or more of the columbia student support for their lousy program.