Last week's double-overtime loss at Harvard could have knocked the wind out of the Brown Bears. But Brown's performance on Saturday proved otherwise.
The Bears took on intrastate rival Rhode Island in the 90th battle for the Governor's Cup. By the end of the day, Brown had stripped the Rams of their previously held No. 25 national ranking with a stunning 45-35 victory. The Bears racked up the most points they had earned over URI since a 45-15 win in 1974.
Brown running back Nick Hartigan confirmed his spot as a contender for the Walter Peyton Award with an offensive performance that earned the Bears four touchdowns and 252 yards. His 31 carries on Saturday brought the senior's career yardage to 3,223 -- 43 yards away from breaking the school record, which Michael Malan set during his 1999-2001 tenure with the Bears.
It also earned him the title of National Offensive Player of the Week in Division I-AA from both The Sports Network and the Web site i-aa.org.
The kick is good
Against Dartmouth two years ago, Princeton's Derek Javarone set an Ivy record when he nailed five field goals.
On Saturday at Princeton, the senior repeated his accomplishment, and this time his five field goals went along with four extra points to give him 19 points. It marked a new Ivy League record for a kicker and helped lift the Tigers to a crushing 43-3 win over visiting Columbia.
With Javarone's help, the Tigers recorded their first Ivy victory by at least 40 points since they beat Penn 42-0 in 1969.
Princeton capitalized on nine of its first 10 possessions, and quarterback Jeff Terrell threw for 265 yards and Cleo Kirkland rushed for 130 yards for the Orange and Black. With such efforts, the Tigers managed 500 yards on offense.
Jurisprudence
A former Dartmouth assistant is suing the college, saying that he lost his job because of age discrimination, according to a report in The Valley News.
Former defensive-line coach Pat O'Leary lost his job when Buddy Teevens took over as head coach. O'Leary, who was 56 at the time, says that he was not retained because Teevens was looking for younger coaches who would stay around longer.
O'Leary has filed a lawsuit in United States District Court in Concord, N.H., saying that he lost significant pay moving from his job at Dartmouth to his current position as defensive-line coach at Holy Cross.
End of the line
No. 11 Lehigh snapped Harvard's 13-game winning streak -- which had been the longest active streak in Division I-AA football -- with a 49-24 win at Harvard Stadium on Saturday. The Mountain Hawks took advantage of the absence of the Crimson's go-to receivers Corey Mazza and Rodney Byrnes to gain an early 14-0 lead.
The Crimson rallied behind sophomore Liam O'Hagan's third-quarter touchdown run to overtake Lehigh, 17-14. But the lead proved fleeting, as the Mountain Hawks responded with 28 consecutive points to hand Harvard the loss.
First loss this century
Despite a fourth-quarter offensive surge, Yale experienced similar disappointment on Saturday, as it suffered a 22-19 loss to visiting Holy Cross. It was the first time the Elis lost to the Red Raiders in their last 12 games, dating back to 1982.
The Elis rallied with 19 points in the final 10 minutes of the game, but Holy Cross answered with an 84-yard kickoff-return touchdown to seal the win.
