Strong Effort Helps Brown Upset Penn for Big Ivy League Win

Saturday, October 29

Providence, R.I.

12:30 p.m.

Brown University

3-4 , 1-3

Penn

6-1 , 3-1

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

Penn

Brown

Photo by: Chip DeLorenzo

Strong Effort Helps Brown Upset Penn for Big Ivy League Win

10/29/2022 5:51:00 PM | Football

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A fast start by the Brown football team and a late score from Allen Smith helped the Bears upset Penn 34-31 on Saturday afternoon, handing the Quakers their first loss of the season.

Brown (3-4) stormed out to a 24-7 lead in the second quarter before the Quakers (6-1) rallied to take a 31-27 lead with just over six minutes remaining in the game. Smith scored what proved to be the game-winner on a nine-yard catch-and-run from quarterback Aidan Gilman with 1:19 left in regulation.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

Brown outgained Penn 429-368, which included 360 yards through the air.
Coming on in relief, Gilman was 22-for-38 for 245 yards and two touchdowns, all career-highs.
Junior Jake Willcox started the game 14-for-15 for 115 yards and a touchdown before departing.
Senior Wes Rockett caught seven passes for a career-high 138 yards, including 63 yards after the catch.
Jordan McIntyre caught five balls for 57 yards, Graham Walker added 53 yards on five catches and one score, and Hayes Sutton caught five passes for 51 yards and a touchdown.
Smith rushed for 38 yards and added nine more yards receiving, including the game-winning score.
Senior Nate Lussier scored his first career touchdown on a three-yard run.
Defensively, junior Aubrey Parker had a career-best nine tackles, sophomore Kaleb Ross posted eight tackles for a new career-high, and senior Josh Ofili tied his season-high with seven tackles and added one interception.
Brown got a pair of sacks from seniors Sean Kelly and Junior Gafa.
Sophomore Isaiah Reed finished with four tackles and three pass breakups.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Brown converted two third downs on its opening drive en route to an 86-yard drive, capped by a two-yard touchdown pass in the back of the end zone to Sutton. Willcox completed 10 of his 11 passes on the drive.
Coming on in relief, Gilman orchestrated a 14-play, 77-yard drive and capped it off with his first career touchdown pass, a 20-yard strike to Walker at 12:10 of the second quarter to put the Bears on top 14-0.
Penn answered right back on the ensuing kickoff when Julien Stokes took it 97 yards to paydirt to cut the deficit in half, 14-7.
Brown scored for the third time in as many possessions when Lussier scored his first career touchdown on a three-yard run up the middle to push the lead to 21-7 at the 6:10 mark of the second quarter.
Ofili came away with his first career interception to end a lengthy Penn drive, which Brown turned into points as Austin Alley nailed a 35-yard field goal to push the lead to 24-7 Bears with 1:09 left until halftime.
Willcox and Gilman combined to go 25-for-32 for 223 yards and two scores in the first half.
Penn took advantage of some Brown miscues and short fields and scored 17 unanswered points to tie it at 24-24.
After being held without a first down the entire third quarter, Brown converted two early in the fourth with a 15-yard pass to Walker on third down, then a 54-yarder to Rockett to set up first-and-goal. Alley connected on a 27-yard field goal to get the lead back, 27-24 with 12:25 to go.
After a penalty, Penn took advantage of another short field and took the lead with a 35-yard touchdown drive, capped by a 12-yard run by Jonathan Mulatu to take their first lead, 31-27 with 6:09 left.
Brown took over with 3:15 left and went on a nine-play, 69-yard drive, and scored the winning touchdown on a pass to Smith, who powered through tackles and into the end zone from nine yards out with 1:19 to go.
Brown forced a turnover on downs with 33 seconds left, thanks to pass breakups by Cooper DeVeau, Ofili and Treyvon Hobbs.

UP NEXT
The Bears will hit the road next Saturday for a showdown at Yale on Saturday, November 5 at noon. The game will be televised live on NESN and streamed on ESPN+.

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