.png&width=60&height=60&type=webp)
Brown University
1-4 , 0-2
Princeton
5-0 , 2-0
Brown Falls in Shootout to No. 20 Princeton
10/16/2021 5:34:00 PM | Football
Senior quarterback EJ Perry rushed for a season-high 82 yards on 16 carries, and threw a career-high five touchdown passes. Junior Wes Rockett scored a career-high three touchdowns, while hauling in five catches for 48 yards. Graham Walker and Hayes Sutton also added touchdown receptions. For the second consecutive week, the Bears had a scoop-and-score on defense, with Joseph Shell returning a fumble 71 yards to paydirt in the third quarter.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE:
- Perry was 34-for-51 passing for 331 yards and a career-best five touchdowns.
- Rockett tallied the first multi-touchdown game of his career, finding the end zone three times on five catches for 48 yards.
- Sutton caught all nine passes thrown his way for a team-high 69 yards and one score.
- Walker scored Brown's first touchdown of the game as part of a five catch, 59-yard performance.
- Senior tailback Allen Smith rushed for 61 yards on 12 carries and added 34 yards receiving.
- In all, 10 different Bears caught passes, with eight different players totaling at least 20 yards.
- Clayton Perrin led the defense with 10 tackles, while Sean Kelly had six tackles, including two for a loss and one sack.
- Brown was 3-for-3 on fourth down conversions and is now 12-for-15 on the season on fourth down chances.
- Princeton totaled 650 yards of offense and scored touchdowns on eight of their 12 offensive possessions.
- Princeton quarterback Cole Smith was 25-for-27 passing for 476 yards and four touchdowns. Three Princeton receivers totaled at least 140 yards receiving.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Princeton scored touchdowns on each of its first three possessions to hold a 21-7 lead early in the second quarter. Their first score came on a three-yard run, then took a 14-0 lead by converting a 3rd-and-19 play to Andrei Iosivas for a 30-yard strike, then went back up by 14 with a 51-yard pass to Dylan Classi to hold a 21-7 lead with 11:03 left until halftime.
- Brown cracked the scoreboard with a touchdown of its own, sparked by a pass to Mark Mahoney for 24 yards to the Princeton 22. Perry completed the drive by scrambling to his right and finding Walker in the back of the end zone for a three-yard touchdown to cut the deficit 14-7.
- Brown pulled within one score at the 7:03 mark of the second when Perry hit Rockett for a leaping catch in the end zone for a 12-yard touchdown strike to cap a 13 play, 75-yard drive.
- Princeton came right back with a five play, 75-yard drive to take a 28-14 lead, their fourth touchdown in as many drives to open the game.
- The Bears embarked on another long touchdown drive to pull within 28-21 with 23 seconds remaining in the first half when Perry found Rockett with an eight-yard pass.
- Princeton opened the second half with consecutive scoring drives to go up 42-21 with 5:37 to go in the third quarter.
- For the second consecutive week, Brown delivered a scoop-and-score as Nathan Brown stripped the quarterback and Shell scooped up the ball and returned it 71 yards for a touchdown to pull the Bears within 42-28 with 2:27 left in the quarter.
- Princeton answered right back just two plays later, using a 67-yard pass and eight-yard scoring run to go up 49-28.
- Perry found Rockett once again on an 11-yard strike for his third touchdown of the game with 13:33 to go, capping a 14-play, 75-yard drive to pull the Bears within 49-35.
- After the Tigers went back up by 21, Brown rallied for another score in the final minute with a 99-yard touchdown drive. A 39-yard strike to Walker set the Bears up first-and-goal at the six. Two plays later, Perry found Sutton for a leaping grab in the right front corner of the end zone for a touchdown that brought the score to 56-42.
QUOTES FROM THE COACH - JAMES PERRY:
- "Princeton is a really a complementary football team. I was really proud of our guys. The guys up front did a great job with protection, EJ executed at a very high level and our playmakers were off the charts."
- "I am really proud of this whole team. We have really come a long way and wins and losses don't tell the story. We competed for 60 minutes with a really good team today. Offensively, we're making progress and our ability to be good with the football is a reflection of that. We keep getting better."
- "Wes has done a great job. You're not going to find many guys who have better hands than him anywhere. He's another guy who has done it in practice and to watch him grow has been awesome."
- "We played a very good team and a very good quarterback. They have a ton of speed and execute at a very high level. I think our guys did a good job of challenging them, but they were responding. Credit to them."
Team Stats
PRI 7, BRN 0
PRI - Smith,Cole 3 yd pass from Smith,Cole (Sexton,Jeffrey kick) 8 plays, 67 yards, TOP 03:09
PRI 14, BRN 0
PRI - Iosivas,Andrei 30 yd pass from Smith,Cole (Sexton,Jeffrey kick) 10 plays, 65 yards, TOP 05:12
PRI 14, BRN 7
BRN - Walker,Graham 3 yd pass from Perry,EJ (Maron,Christopher kick) 9 plays, 73 yards, TOP 03:53
PRI 21, BRN 7
PRI - Classi,Dylan 51 yd pass from Smith,Cole (Sexton,Jeffrey kick) 7 plays, 92 yards, TOP 03:02
PRI 21, BRN 14
BRN - Rockett,Wes 12 yd pass from Perry,EJ (Maron,Christopher kick) 12 plays, 75 yards, TOP 04:00
PRI 28, BRN 14
PRI - Iosivas,Andrei 34 yd pass from Smith,Cole (Sexton,Jeffrey kick) 5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 01:41
PRI 28, BRN 21
BRN - Rockett,Wes 8 yd pass from Perry,EJ (Maron,Christopher kick) 15 plays, 60 yards, TOP 04:53
PRI 35, BRN 21
PRI - Eaddy,Collin 5 yd run (Sexton,Jeffrey kick), 8 plays, 75 yards, TOP 03:13
PRI 42, BRN 21
PRI - Eaddy,Collin 15 yd run (Sexton,Jeffrey kick), 8 plays, 80 yards, TOP 03:11
PRI 42, BRN 28
BRN - Shell,Joseph 71 yd fumble recovery (Maron,Christopher kick)
PRI 49, BRN 28
PRI - Eaddy,Collin 8 yd run (Sexton,Jeffrey kick), 2 plays, 75 yards, TOP 00:31
PRI 49, BRN 35
BRN - Rockett,Wes 11 yd pass from Perry,EJ (Maron,Christopher kick) 12 plays, 75 yards, TOP 03:23
PRI 56, BRN 35
PRI - Eaddy,Collin 37 yd run (Sexton,Jeffrey kick), 6 plays, 65 yards, TOP 03:27
PRI 56, BRN 42
BRN - Sutton,Hayes 6 yd pass from Perry,EJ (Maron,Christopher kick) 9 plays, 99 yards, TOP 02:24
