Brown Outlasted by No. 23 Princeton 35-19

Friday, October 14

Princeton, N.J.

7:00 p.m.

Brown University

2-3 , 0-2

Princeton

5-0 , 2-0

1st

2nd

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4th

Brown

Princeton

Photo by: Andy Lewis

10/14/2022 11:50:00 PM | Football

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PRINCETON, N.J. – The Brown football team was outlasted by No. 23 Princeton 35-19 on the road on Friday night in front of a nationally televised audience on ESPNU. Princeton answered a late Brown touchdown with a score of their own to thwart the Bears' fourth quarter rally.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Brown outgained Princeton 391-368, including 339-258 through the air.
Brown converted 29 first downs while Princeton picked up 19.
Brown was 4-for-7 on fourth down, the first fourth down conversions allowed by Princeton this season.
Junior quarterback Jake Willcox went 41-for-61 for 339 yards and two touchdowns, which included a 21-for-26 clip in the opening half.
Nine different Bears had a at least one reception. Senior Hayes Sutton had a career-high 11 receptions for 70 yards. Sophomore Jordan DeLucia had six catches for 69 yards and Wes Rockett had eight catches for 58 yards a touchdown.
Senior Allen Smith had four catches for 47 yards and a touchdown.
Sophomore Caleb Moorhead led the Bears with a career-high seven tackles.
Kyle Philbin added 1.5 sacks for Brown.
Princeton wideout Dylan Classi had 11 catches for 169 yards and two touchdowns.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Brown converted a trio of third downs on its opening possession and cracked the scoreboard first on a 35-yard field goal to go up 3-0, burning over eight minutes off the clock. It marked the first points allowed by the Princeton defense in over 171 minutes.
Princeton answered right back on its first possession at the 3:43 mark on a two-yard touchdown rush by Ryan Butler.
The Tigers extended their lead right before the end on the half on an eight-yard pass from Stenstrom to AJ Barber to up the lead to 14-3 with 1:56 remaining.
Brown answered right back, driving deep into Princeton territory. Facing a 4th-and-10 from the 21-yard line with 15 seconds left, Brown sent its offense back onto the field after a timeout and Willcox hit Rockett on the sideline for a 12-yard gain to the nine-yard line. On the next play, the same duo connected as Rockett leaped over the defender and tapped his toes on the sideline for a nine-yard touchdown catch. The play was initially ruled incomplete, but was overturned to a touchdown after review to pull Brown with four going into halftime.
Princeton took the second half kickoff and marched 75 yards on five plays and scored on a 34-yard pass from Stenstrom to Classi to get the lead back to 10 just 1:29 into the third quarter.
The Tigers struck again late in the quarter on a 22-yard pass to Classi to go up 28-10 at the 3:06 mark.
Brown used a season-long 20-play drive to pull within 28-13 with 7:05 remaining in the game on a 25-yard field goal by Maron. The Bears converted two third downs on the drive, including a tough 17-yard run by Smith and a 16-yard pass to DeLucia to set up Brown at the five-yard line.
After Sean Kelly recovered an onside kick, Brown pulled within 28-19 on a 17-yard catch-and-run by Smith. Brown's two-point conversion attempt was called back on a holding penalty, and the subsequent PAT kick failed after a bad snap, keeping it a two-possession game.
Princeton recovered the following onside kick, and on their first play, Butler rushed for a 49-yard touchdown to give the Tigers some breathing room at 35-19 with 3:46 remaining.

QUOTES FROM THE COACH: JAMES PERRY

"I think it was a really hard-fought game. Princeton is an excellent team, we're getting better, and I think the key for us will be taking these next eight days. It's one thing about playing on a short week, but now the benefit is we now have eight to get ready for Cornell. I'm confident the kids will learn from today and get better."

UP NEXT
Brown will return home next Saturday, October 22 to take on Cornell on Family Weekend/Breast Cancer Awareness Day. Kickoff is set for 12:30 p.m. on ESPN+ and 790 The Score.

Gallery: (10-14-2022) Football at Princeton, 10/14/2022

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