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PRINCETON, N.J. -- With four non-conference games remaining, Ivy League football needs just two wins to post its best non-League record since 1994.
LEAGUE NOTES
- Dartmouth and Columbia are the lone remaining undefeated Ivy League teams, after the Big Green handed Yale its first loss and Columbia defeated Marist.
- For the second-straight week, Dartmouth scored the gamewinning touchdown on a fourth-down play with under a minute remaining in regulation, this time a 15-yard touchdown pass from Jack Heneghan to Drew Hunnicutt with 34 seconds left.
- The League went 2-2 in non-conference play last week and is now 15-5 overall. A 2-2 mark or better over its final four out-of-conference games would give #IvyFootball its best non-League mark since 1994, when it went 19-3-1.
- The Ivy League’s .750 non-conference winning percentage leads the FCS and ranks fourth overall in Division I, trailing the SEC (.816), Pac 12 (.794) and Big Ten (.762).
- Four teams appear in the national rankings. Dartmouth and Yale are receiving votes in both polls, while Columbia and Princeton are receiving votes in the STATS FCS poll. The Lions are in the polls for the first time this season.
- Ivies in the NFL increased by two last week, as the Buffalo Bills signed Ryan O’Malley (Penn) and the Detroit Lions signed Caraun Reid (Princeton) to their respective practice squads. There are now 19 #IvyFootball alums in the NFL, including 11 on active rosters.
- The #IvyFootball slate continues this week with a pair of matchups. Brown hosts Princeton on the Ivy League Network (ILN), while former Penn head coach Al Bagnoli leads Columbia against the Quakers on Eleven Sports and ILN.
- In total, four games will be broadcast live this week on ILN, now available on Apple TV, Roku and the ILN app on Apple and Android devices.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Dartmouth senior quarterback
Jack Heneghan (Atherton, Calif.) threw for 276 of his 314 yards in the second half to lead the Big Green back from a 21-0 deficit to a 28-27 win over Yale. Heneghan threw for three touchdowns, all in the second half, including the gamewinner with 34 seconds remaining in the game. The comeback is the largest in Dartmouth football history.
Heneghan comes from an #IvyFootball pedigree background, as his father Lal was an All-Ivy tight end at Penn in 1984 and won three Ivy League titles with the Quakers during his career. Heneghan is also a Campbell Trophy semifinalist as an economics major with a 3.79 GPA. He is the first Big Green to be named Offensive Player of the Week since
Dalyn Williams on Oct. 12, 2015.
Heneghan’s Statistics for the Week
24-42-1, .571 comp. %, 314 yds., 3 TDs; 8 rushes, 33 yds., 4.1 avg. vs. Yale
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Cornell junior defensive lineman
Cyrus Nolan (La Jolla, Calif.) was impressive all game against Harvard, but came up biggest when it mattered most, with a pair of sacks in the fourth quarter to help hold off the Crimson in the Big Red’s 17-14 win. It marks Cornell’s first win over Harvard since 2005. After the Big Red took its first lead of the game in the fourth quarter, Nolan made sure it stuck with a strip sack on the ensuing drive to help force a Crimson punt, and then combined with
Michael Gillooley for another sack with under 30 seconds remaining to close out the win.
Nolan’s mother
Kristi Naska also attended Cornell, where Nolan is enrolled in the College of Engineering. He earns his first career Ivy League weekly award.
Nolan’s Statistics for the Week
3 tckls., 1 assisted, 4 total, 2.5 TFL, 17 yds., 1.5 sacks, 16 yds., 1 PBR, 1 FF, 1 PD vs. Harvard
SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Columbia sophomore kicker
Oren Milstein (Boca Raton, Fla.) was perfect in the Lions’ 41-17 win at Marist, hitting both of his field goals and all five of his extra points. His first field goal, from 39 yards, came with 25 seconds left in the first half and gave Columbia a 38-0 lead. He closed out the scoring in the fourth quarter with another 39-yard field goal.
Milstein, who was a unanimous first-team All-Ivy kicker last season and a finalist for the Fred Mitchell National Placekicker of the Year Award, receives his third Special Teams Player of the Week honor and fifth Ivy League weekly award, as he was also a two-time Rookie of the Week last season.
Milstein’s Statistics for the Week
2-2 FG, 39 long, 6 pts.; 5-5 XP, 5 pts.; 11 pts. total
ROOKIE OF THE WEEK
Princeton freshman defensive back
CJ Wall (Plano, Texas) has almost as many interceptions to his name as he does games, with three in the first four contests of his collegiate career. His pick-six against Georgetown on Saturday put Princeton up 30-10 and was part of 50-straight points for the Tigers after they fell behind, 10-0.
Wall earns his second Rookie of the Week award of the season (Sept. 18). he comes from a long line of football standouts, as his father played at Penn State and his uncle played at Florida State.
Wall’s Statistics for the Week
2 assisted tckls., 1 PBR, 1 INT, 1 TD, 38 yds., 2 PD vs. Georgetown
HONOR ROLL
Darius Daies, Brown (Fr., RB – St. Louis)
14 carries, 59 yds., 4.2 avg., 1 TD; 1 rec., 25 yds. at Stetson
Alex Galland, Yale (Jr., K – Bakersfield, Calif.)
2-2 FG, 29 long, 6 pts.; 3-3 XP, 3 pts.; 9 pts. total
Anders Hill, Columbia (Sr., QB – Boulder, Colo.)
23-33-1, .697 comp. %, 350 yds., 3 TDs; 11 rushes, 26 yds., 2.4 avg. at Marist
Jesper Horsted, Princeton (Jr., WR – Shoreview, Minn.)
9 rec., 112 yds., 12.4 avg., 1 TD vs. Georgetown
Luke Hutton, Harvard (Sr., LB – Austin, Texas)
8 tckls., 4 assisted, 12 total, 0.5 TFL, 1 yd. at Cornell
Richard Jarvis, Brown (Sr., DE – Watertown, Mass.)
7 tckls., 2 assisted, 9 total, 2.0 TFL, 8 yds., 1.0 sack, 7 yds., 2 FF at Stetson
Jake Jatis, Cornell (Sr., QB – Crown Point, Ind.)
7 rushes, 26 yds., 3.7 avg., 2 TDs; 4-4-0, 100.0 comp. %, 7 yds. vs. Harvard
Emerson Kabus, Columbia (Fr., WR – St. Augustine, Fla.)
4 rec., 114 yds., 28.5 avg., 1 TD at Marist
Chad Kanoff, Princeton (Sr., QB – Pacific Palisades, Calif.)
25-29-0, .862 comp. %, 313 yds., 4 TDs vs. Georgetown
Hunter Kelly, Penn (Sr., P – Huntington Beach, Calif.)
4 punts, 196 yds., 49.0 avg., 53 long, 1 TB, 1 FC, 1 in20 at CCSU
Jordan Landsman, Cornell (So., DL – Nanuet, N.Y.)
3 tckls, 1 assisted, 4 total, 2.0 TFL, 19 yds., 1.0 sack, 14 yds. vs. Harvard
Zach Mays, Cornell (Jr., K – Las Vegas)
1-1 FG, 27 yds., 3 pts.; 2-2 XP, 2 pts.; 5 pts. total; 4 KO, 240 yds., 60.0 avg., 2 TBs vs. Harvard
Dylan Mellor, Dartmouth (Jr., WR – Purcellville, Va.)
7 rec., 133 yds., 19.0 avg., 1 TD vs. Yale
Nickolas Null, Cornell (So., P – Bradenton, Fla.)
4 punts, 170 yds., 42.5 avg., 59 long, 2 TBs, 1 FC, 1 in20 vs. Harvard
Isiah Swann, Dartmouth (So., DB – Queen Creek, Ariz.)
1 tckls, 2 assisted, 3 total, 1 INT, 1 TD, 47 yds., 1 PD
Mike Wagner, Princeton (Jr., LB – Victor, N.Y.)
4 tckls., 3 assisted, 7 total, 2.5 TFL, 16 yds., 2.5 sacks, 16 yds., 1 FF vs. Georgetown
Josh Wainwright, Columbia (So., WR – Austin, Texas)
5 rec., 89 yds., 17.8 avg., 1 TD; 2 PR, 26 yds., 13.0 avg. at Marist
Justin Watson, Penn (Sr., WR – Bridgeville, Pa.)
7 rec., 99 yds., 14.1 avg., 2 TDs at CCSU
Christopher Williams-Lopez, Yale (Sr., WR – Duluth, Ga.)
10 rec., 146 yds., 14.6 avg., 1 TD at Dartmouth