Penn vs. Yale, Live Game Updates (10/25)

Hey, Matt Flegenheimer here from the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Ct. The wireless service in the press box has been out all day, but with the second half set to kick off, we're finally connected and ready to go. Yale leads 7-0 after 30 minutes, scoring on a 17-yard drive following a Robert Irvin interception on Penn's first drive. Yale tight end John Sheffield took a pass in the right flat from Yale's Brook Hart (starting in place of injured Ryan Fodor) and went in untouched for the score. With Irvin struggling early, Al Bagnoli has gone to junior Kyle Olson from the end of the first quarter through the first drive of the second half. Stay with the Buzz for live updates the rest of the way.

Halftime stats:

Irvin: 4-10, 27 yards, Int

Olson: 6-14, 46 yards

Blackmon: 6 rushes, 27 yards

DiMaggio: 3 rushes, 6 yards

Koontz: 4 catches, 19 yards

For Yale...

Hart: 5-6, 29 yards

McCleod: 11 rushes, 23 yards

Haase: 3 catches, 23 yards

Penn 9 Yale 7, FINAL

Hart picked up two first downs on the ensuing drive, but was taken down by Drew Goldsmith on a huge sack to force 3rd and 18. Two incompletions later, Penn had the ball back on downs. With only one timeout left, Yale could only stop the clock once, and got the ball with 25 seconds left at its own 23 for one last shot. After two incompletions from Hart, former QB Brendan McNally picked off the final pass to end the game in style.

Penn 9 Yale 7, 4:35 Q4

Let's see what you've got, Brook Hart. Samson knocks a 31-yarder through after a nice, prolonged drive from Olson and the backs. DiMaggio run hard, picking up three first downs, and Olson completed a nice intermediate route over the middle to Derham to get them close. The drive stalled at the Bulldog 8, and the Quakers went backwards from there, but Samson put the Red and Blue ahead with a good-looking knock that was never in doubt.

Penn 6 Yale 7, 12:26 Q4

Bagnoli might regret this one. Two DiMaggio runs set up second and goal from the 1, then another inside handoff to DiMaggio is sniffed out for a one-yard loss. On 3rd and goal from 2, Olson rolls right, has nowhere to go, runs backwards to the 12 or so, then flips a pass to DiMaggio at the 10--about 8 yards behind scrimmage--where the running back is promptly bottled up. Samson field goal makes it a one-point game, but this lost opportunity could prove the difference-maker today.

Penn 3 Yale 7, End of Q3

Another golden opportunity for the Quakers as the third quarter comes to a close. On a 4th and 1 from their own 38, the Bulldogs try a fake punt direct snap to corner Paul Rice, but the snap comes in low, and Rice can't pull it in. He falls on it at the 33, and Penn takes over on downs.

Marcus Lawrence takes a screen from the left side and goes 8 yards on the first play of the drive, and DiMaggio picks up the first two plays later. On the final play of the quarter, Olson hits a wide-open Koontz for 8 yards over the middle to set up 2nd and 2 from the Yale 10.

Penn 3 Yale 7, 3:35 Q3

On the first play following another Penn punt, Hart gets decked by corner Tyson Maugle (back after missing two games with a broken nose) and coughs it up. Jordan Manning tries to scoop it, but ends up knocking back in Maugle's direction. Maugle corrals it from his back, and Penn takes over at the Yale 13.

After three short runs by DiMaggio, though, Penn has to settle for three on a 22-yard field goal by Andrew Samson.

Penn 0 Yale 7, 7:17 Q3

Penn squanders its great field position with a three-and-out, then a pooch punt by Olson that goes into the end zone for a touchback (13 net yards). Yale can't do much, either--the Penn D has been superb all day, only allowing points on an incredibly short field early in the first after the Irvin pick. Goniprow took down Hart for his second sack of the day to force 3rd and long, and Hart scrambled for a short gain on the next play to set up the ensuing punt. Penn takes over from its own 29.

Penn 0 Yale 7, 11:44 Q3

The teams trade punts, but Penn wins the field position battle. After stalling on the first drive of the half, the Quakers got a tremendous boot from Olson inside the Bulldogs' 4. After a three-and-out by the Elis, punter Tom Mante shanked one to his own 36, where the Red and Blue will take over.