Brown Falls To Cornell, 37-35, on Late Field Goal

Saturday, October 26

Ithaca, N.Y.

1:30 pm

Brown University

1-5 , 0-3

Cornell

2-4 , 1-2

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Cornell

Photo by: Darl Zehr/Cornell Athletics

Brown Falls To Cornell, 37-35, on Late Field Goal

10/26/2019 6:35:00 PM | Football

Box Score

Ithaca, N.Y. – Nickolas Null booted a 41-yard field goal with nine seconds remaining to lift Cornell to a 37-35 come-from-behind win over Brown in an Ivy League game at Schoellkopf Field.

The Bears fall to 1-5 overall, 0-3 in the Ivy League, while Cornell improves to 2-4 overall, 1-2 in league play.

The high-scoring game had the two teams combine for 991 total yards, with the Bears accounting for 521 yards and Cornell 470 total yards.

Our team played an incredible game and kept working hard to the end," said Brown head coach James Perry. "The end of the first half was not our best football, but we came to play in the second half, especially on special teams where we made a bunch of good plays."

Bears' quarterback EJ Perry (Andover, MA) accounted for 463 yards of total offense, passing for 372 yards and running for another 91 yards. He completed 32-of-48 passes and threw touchdown passes of 29, five and nine yards. His 463 total yards rank sixth in Brown history.

Senior wide receiver Jakob Prall (Tipp City, OH) made seven catches for 73 yards and a touchdown, while senior Demitri Jackson (Nashua, NH) also had seven receptions for 67 yards and a touchdown.  Junior wide receiver Scott Boylan (Bakersfield, CA) had a touchdown to go with his five catches for 89 yards.

Sophomore linebacker Jason Medeiros (Rehoboth, MA) paced the Bears defense with nine tackles, while Josh Ofili (Katy, TX) had five solo tackles and senior Brendan Pyne (Bradenton, FL) had five total tackles, including one for a loss. Junior defensive end Jarred Daul (Portland, OR) made two tackles for loss.

Big Red quarterback Richie Kenney threw for 332 yards and a touchdown, completing 23-of-35 passes. SK Howard rushed for a game high 121 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries.

Cornell opened the scoring with a 38-yard field goal by Null on the opening possession of the game for a 3-0 lead.

Brown took the lead when Perry connected on a 29-yard touchdown pass to Boylan in the back of the end zone with 6:27 remaining in the opening quarter. The two-point conversion failed, keeping the score 6-3.

Null's second field goal of the game, this time a 29-yard boot, tied the game, 6-6 late in the first quarter.

Cornell regained the lead, 13-6, on a 12-yard touchdown pass from Kenny to John Fitzgerald at the 9:21 mark of the second quarter.

Perry attempted a pooch punt near midfield, but the kick was blocked by the Big Red, picked up by Cornell's Howard, who ran 46-yards for a touchdown and a 20-6 Big Red lead.

The Bears needed a lift and got one in the form of a 98-yard touchdown drive late in the half.  Taking over at its own two-yard line, Perry drove the Bears 98-yards in 10 plays, capped off with a three-yard scoring pass to Prall with four seconds remaining in the half to trail 20-12.

At the outset of the second half, Brown inched closer, 20-18, with a 75-yard scoring drive, capped off by a one-yard touchdown run by freshman Omari Garry (Los Angeles, CA) on his first collegiate run from scrimmage.  The big play in the drive was a 33-yard pass play from Perry to freshman Wes Rockett (Marblehead, MA).

Cornell answered immediately with a 75 yard drive of its own with Howard running into the end zone from 7 yards out for a 27-18 Big Red advantage.

Undaunted, Brown drove 75-yards once again to pull to within two points, 27-25, on a one-yard touchdown run by sophomore Allen Smith with 4:35 left in the second quarter.

The wide open third quarter continued with Cornell's Howard scoring on a 40-yard run with five seconds left in the quarter for a 34-25 lead.

The Bears drew to within two points, 34-32, when Perry connected on a nine yard touchdown pass to Jackson with 6:58 left in the game.

Bears' senior kicker Dawson Goepferich (Holt, MD) kicked the go-ahead field goal, a 35-yard boot, with 4:17 remaining, giving Brown a 35-34 advantage.

Next week Brown travels to Philadelphia to battle the Penn Quakers on Saturday, November 2. Kick-off is 1:00 pm at Franklin Field on ESPN+ and WPRV AM 790.